Sway

Album: Sway (1954)
Charted: 6 8
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  • When marimba rhythms start to play
    Dance with me, make me sway
    Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
    Hold me close, sway me more

    Like a flower bending in the breeze
    Bend with me, sway with ease
    When we dance you have a way with me
    Stay with me, sway with me

    Other dancers may be on the floor
    Dear, but my eyes will see only you
    Only you have the magic technique
    When we sway I go weak

    I can hear the sounds of violins
    Long before it begins
    Make me thrill as only you know how
    Sway me smooth, sway me now

    Other dancers may be on the floor
    Dear, but my eyes will see only you
    Only you have the magic technique
    When we sway I go weak

    I can hear the sounds of violins
    Long before it begins
    Make me thrill as only you know how
    Sway me smooth, sway me now
    You know how
    Sway me smooth, sway me now Writer/s: Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina, Norman Gimbel, Pablo Beltran Ruiz
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Martin from GermanyDoes anybody know who plays the trumpet on this?
  • Sara from UsaIt was also in the movie My Summer of Love sung by Julie London.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1960 {November 18th} Bobby Rydell was the head-lining act* at a rock 'n roll revue show at the Memorial Auditorium in Utica, NY...
    At the time his covered version of "Sway" was at #40 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks later it would peak at #14 {for 2 weeks} and it spent eleven weeks on the Top 100...
    Between 1959 and 1965 the Philadelphia native had twenty-eight Top 100 records, six made the Top 10 with his biggest hit being "Wild One", it peaked at #2 for 1 week in 1960 {the week Wild One was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "The Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith and His Orchestra}...
    He just missed having eight Top 10 records when both his "Kissin' Time" in 1960 and "Good Time Baby" in 1961 peaked at #11...
    Robert Louis Ridarelli will celebrate his 79th birthday in five months on April 26th, 2021...
    * Other acts that appeared were Johnny Tillotson, the Crests, Gerry Granahan, & Bobby Comstock and the Counts, plus at the time Mr. Tillotson's "Poetry In Motion" was at #2 {for 1 week} on the Top 100, and it was kept out of the top spot by "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles...
  • Carl from UkAnyone know the name of the guitarist who plays the wonderful intro?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 4th 1961, Bobby Rydell appeared as a guest on the NBC-TV program 'The Perry Como Show'...
    At the time his covered version of "Sway" was at #20 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; just over three weeks earlier on December 12th, 1960 it had peaked at #14 {for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for 11 weeks....
    Seven years earlier in 1954 Dean Martin's version peaked at #15 on Billboard's Best Seller in Stores chart; and on November 27th, 1954 it reached at #1 {for 1 week} on the Australian Kent Music Singles chart.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 23rd 1960, Bobby Rydell was the headlined for three days for the 'Christmas Revue' concert at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York...
    At the time his covered version of "Sway" was in its second of two weeks at #14 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and that was also its peak position on the chart...
    His next release would be titled "Good Time Baby", and interestingly, it would peak at #11, spent 11 weeks on the Top 100, and was his 11th charted record...
    Between 1959 and 1965 he had twenty-eight Top 100 records; six made the Top 10 with his biggest hit being "Wild One", it peaked at #2 for 1 week in 1960 {the record that was at #1 when "Wild One" was at #2 was "The Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith and His Orchestra}...
    He just missed having eight Top 10 records when both "Kissin' Time" in 1960 and "Good Time Baby" in 1961 peaked at #11.
  • Cherilyn from Houston/beaumont TexasGood ballroom dance tune. I'd like to dance with him (Dino) so handsome so sexy who else would?
  • Stephanie from Wigtown, United KingdomPlayed in the film "Sexy Beast" with Ben Kingsley and Ray Winston
  • Mark from Byrdstown, TnThis is one of the coolest songs ever.Dean Martin had one of the best voices of anyone who ever cut a record.This record still sounds fresh and modern even tho it was made over 50 years ago.
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