Ray Noble Orchestra Songs - Linda Lyrics

Ray Noble Orchestra - Linda

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Album: Linda
Released: 1946

Linda Lyrics

When I go to sleep
I never count sheep
I count all the charms about Linda
And lately it seems
In all of my dreams
I walk with my arms about Linda
But what good does it do me for Linda
Doesn't know that I exist?
Can't help feeling gloomy
Think of all the lovin' I've missed
We pass on the street
My heart skips a beat
I say to myself, "Hello, Linda"
If only she'd smile
I'd stop for a while
And then I would get to know Linda
But miracles still happen
And when my lucky star begins to shine
With one lucky break
I'll make Linda mine

Writer/s: KNIGHT, MERALD/GUEST, WILLIAM
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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"Linda" is Linda Eastman, a celebrity photographer who was married to Paul McCartney from 1969 until her death from breast cancer in 1998. The song was written by Jack Lawrence, who went on to write many classics, including "All Or Nothing At All" and "Tenderly."

Lawrence was serving in the US Maritime Service in Brooklyn in 1942 when he wrote this song. On his website , he tells the story: "My attorney at the time was also a close friend whom I visited often and got to watch his children growing up. One day he said to me: 'Jack, do me a big favor. You know my wife Louise has a name song - that one popularized by Chevalier, and my daughter Laura is proud of that beautiful Mercer-Raskin song, and my son Johnny has lots of name songs he can claim. But my daughter Linda feels left out. How about writing a song especially for her?' Being a good friend, I obliged and wrote a song for five-year-old Linda."

The song didn't make an impact until it was recorded by The Ray Noble Orchestra in 1946. Says Lawrence: "Somehow, Ray Noble got an advance copy of the song, fell in love with it, dreamed up a charming arrangement and recorded it with Buddy Clark singing the vocal. After all those years of going nowhere, 'Linda' was an overnight sensation. I can't recall how many weeks it was number one on the Hit Parade."

The song exploded in 1947 with three Top 10 versions: #1 for Buddy Clark with Ray Noble's Orchestra; #5 for Charlie Spivak; and #8 for Paul Weston.

Jan & Dean had a hit with this song in 1963, taking it to #28 in the US a few months before they hit the top spot with "Surf City." When they recorded their version, Linda Eastman was 21 years old.

This was the first Jan & Dean single to abandon the heavy echo that was prevalent on their earlier work (most notably "Baby Talk") and have a Beach Boys-style production. The followup was a #1 record composed by head Beach Boy Brian Wilson: "Surf City."