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Jackie Wilson Song with Classical music in it.?
Hello all, I heard the song Alone At Last by Jackie Wilson on the Internet and am sure it has the music of a classical composition, I would like to know what classical music it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPvfVRwQdVY
Thank you for your help.
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Well spotted. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1 in B Flat Minor (the tune starts @0:50 in my clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItSJ_woWnmk
Always a pleasure to hear Jackie Wilson - and a song I didn't know, too.
I think there's also a hint in the vocal line of O sole mio, which is a Neapolitan popular song from 1898. Here's Mario Lanza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT2kHxSFMS0
It was adapted as It's now or never. Here's Elvis - recorded, like Jackie Wilson, in 1960