Title: The Breeze & I
Description: The Breeze & I The Breeze and I - words by Al Stillman, music by Ernesto Lecuona - music written in 1929 as a piano piece called "Andaluza", part of the Andalucia Suite by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona - words added later by Al Stillman The breeze and I are saying with a sigh That you no longer care The breeze and I are whispering goodbye To dreams we used to share Ours was a love song that seemed constant as the moon Ending in a strange, mournful tune And all about me, they know you have departed without me And we wonder why, the breeze and I The breeze and I... +++ "The Breeze and I" is a popular song. The song is based on a Spanish language song, "Andalucia." The music to the original song was written by Ernesto Lecuona, with Spanish lyrics by Emilio de Torre; the English language lyric was written by Al Stillman. The best-known versions of the song were by Jimmy Dorsey in 1940 and by Caterina Valente in 1955. Valente's reached #13 in the United States and the top 5 in the United Kingdom in 1955. The Jimmy Dorsey recording, with a vocal by Bob Eberly, was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3150. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on July 20, 1940 and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. [1] The Caterina Valente recording for Polydor was released in England by Decca Records as catalog number 29647. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 30, 1955 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. [1] [edit ...