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What Year Did The Song "More Than The Greatest Love The World Has Known" Was Written?

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james caison answered
The title is "More" and it was written in 1956.
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Hi there,

the line you mentioned, is the opening line for the song "More".
www.oldielyrics.com

This song is an adaptation of an Italian (instrumental) for the soundtrack of the documetary "Mondo Cane" ('62). Composed by legendary Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero, it  got also a version with italian lyrics by Marcello Ciorciolini, title "Ti guardero nel cuoro".
This documenary was so succesfull all over the world that the song got an english translation by Norman Newell in 1963. And in 1964 the song got the "Oscar" for best song !!

All the great names in the American music scene made a cover of it :

Martha and The Vandellas ; Jackie Gleason (!), Al Martino, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Bobby Darin, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, Gene Pitney, Herb Alpert,
The Supremes, Booker T & The MG's , etc.

!! Sometimes this song is also titled as "Life savers Girls", the early "english" title, used for the instrumental of the song, before George Newell made his famous lyrics for the song "More" .

Mike Dennis.
thanked the writer.
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Who sang the version of "More" that was a hit? The original english version that was played on the radio in 1964. I know it wasn't the Sinatra version. I can't remember who the artist was that sang the radio version tyhat was the origianl big hit. Please help!

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