Once, at WEW, I had time to play one more song before the top-of-the-hour news. After looking through CDs to find a tune of suitable length, I settled on "You, You, You Are The One" by Russ Morgan and his orchestra. As I listened to it in cue, I thought, "This tune sounds strangely familiar." When I played it on the air, I remembered. The song is the American version of the German tune, "Du, Du liegst mir im Herzen," which my German I teacher in high school sang to the class. Before singing it, he warned all of us about his supposedly limited singing ability. "I'm loud, but I'm not good," he told us. He made up for any slight inaccuracies in pitch by singing out with gusto, especially when the lyrics, "Ja! Ja! Ja! Ja," came up.
About halfway through the song, a listener called and said, "Thank you for playing 'You, You, You Are The One!' I've always liked that song, and it brings back memories."
I wonder how she would have liked my German I teacher's version. To hear the tune in German, seek out the version by Lustige Musikanten & The Bavarian Singers.
