Spanish Eyes
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"Spanish Eyes" is a popular romantic ballad best known through Al Martino’s hit 1960s recording, which became a standard in easy listening and pop music.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Moon Over Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Bert Kaempfert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfMajorHit | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstPopularizedBy | Al Martino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
easy listening
ⓘ
pop music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Latin-flavored pop ballads
ⓘ
Spanish romantic imagery ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic |
lush orchestration
ⓘ
melodic string lines ⓘ sentimental lyrics ⓘ |
| hasMelodicOrigin | instrumental composition ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Al Martino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Engelbert Humperdinck NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle | crooner ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
farewell
ⓘ
longing ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Al Martino discography
ⓘ
Bert Kaempfert compositions ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyClassifiedAs |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
lounge music ⓘ |
| isPartOf | 20th-century popular music canon ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
easy listening repertoire
ⓘ
pop standards repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Charlie Singleton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eddie Snyder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | Al Martino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalComposerNationality | German ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentalTitle | Moon Over Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Moon Over Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
orchestra
ⓘ
string section ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1965 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.