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You are my reason to live

All I own I would give

Just to have you adore me

Till the moon deserts the sky

Till all the seas run dry

Till then, I'll worship you

Till the tropic sun grows cold

Till this young world grows old

My darling, I'll adore you

You are my reason to live

All I own I would give

Just to have you adore me

Till the rivers flow upstream

Till lovers cease to dream

Till then, I'm yours, be mine

Below from Wiki: 

"Till" is a popular song with music by Charles Danvers and English lyrics by Carl Sigman,^[1] released in January 1957 by Percy Faith.^[2] It was derived from the French song "Prière Sans Espoir",^[1] released in 1956 by Lucien Lupi on the EP L'Amour Viendra^[3] with original French lyrics written by Pierre Benoit Buisson.^[3][4] Italian singer Caterina Valente released a version in 1960 with lyrics by Gaiano.^[5 

"Till" was also sell sung by Tom Jones (pictured below):

Tom Jones singing

Dear Friends,

I am sorry but some months ago, we lost many dozens of the earlier pictures/wallpapers as happened before a year or so ago. These were stored on a previous site connected with Martin. Fortunately, I kept all the "master" files and I will locate them and get them put back them one by one using the Forum's own picture uploading facility but it will take some time. I have already put back quite a few but there are many still to do, but we will get there in the end!  I also have to do the same on Lea's own site.

It's still quite hot here in the UK at the moment and there's been a royal baby boy (third in line to be King of England) a short while ago.

Best wishes, Vic, UK.  27 Aug '13

In just over 3 weeks' time, it will be the Ninth Anniversary since Lea De Mae passed away. Below some words from the song "Constantly"...

"Constantly (L'Edera)"

In 1964, the Italian song was revived by Cliff Richard in an English language song with music based on L'Edera. The single, a non-album release officially titled "Constantly (L'Edera)" is more commonly known as just "Constantly". The music is still credited to Saverio Seracini, who composed the music for "l'Edera". The English lyrics to the song were written for Cliff Richard by Michael Julien. The recording was arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor. 

(from "Wiki")

Cliff Richard's British single reached No.4 in the Top 20 Singles Chart and was an international hit charting in Australia (No. 6), Ireland (No. 8), New Zealand (No. 3), Norway (No. 4) and Sweden (No. 10) and was certified silver in the UK.

Over 50 years ago!  - the studio recording was made at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London (where "The Beatles" recorded for EMI - remember the album photo of the "zebra crossing" in the road with "The Beatles" walking across Abbey Road) on 17th November 1963 (released in April 1964).

  Abbey Road  - years later Paul's cigarette was edited out!

"Though we may be far apart, you're constantly deep in my heart" (the last line of the song)

Cliff Richard's excellent studio recording can be heard in the picture video on You Tube below:

You can also see Cliff himself singing live (perhaps a little nervously) on British TV at the age of 23¾ years.

In the UK, only Elvis Presley and maybe "The Beatles" have had more No.1 Hits than Cliff.

NB.  Cliff has been honoured by the Queen of England and made a Knight of the Realm and so he is now referred to as "Sir Cliff Richard"  - he is still making recordings!

"Is It So Strange" (composed by Faron Young)

Oh, if you tell a lie
You know that I'll forgive you
Though you say our love is just a game
And when you hear my name
You'll say I'm from a strange world
But is it so strange to be in love with you

Is it so strange
That I love you more than all the world
Is it so strange
I have no eyes for any other girl

Oh won't you take me back
And say that you still love me
To waste a love like ours would be a sin
Let us kiss again
Let me hold you near
And take me from this strange world
That I'm living in

The recording by Elvis Presley on 19th January 1957 - from "You Tube":

The gently sung "I'm Falling In Love Tonight" performed by Elvis for the movie "It Happened at the World's Fair" (MGM 1963) and written by Don Robertson (who also played the organ at the recording session on 22nd September 1962 in Hollywood, USA).

It was filmed in the restaurant at the 1963 Seattle World Fair. At the end of the film clip, Elvis hobbles out as he paid a young boy to kick him in the shins so that he would have an excuse to visit the nurse at the Fair!  That young boy was actor Kurt Russell, who years later played Elvis in a movie after his death (on 16th August 1977).

The same movie also included the song "One Broken Heart for Sale" composed by Otis Blackwell & Winifred Scott.

Otis Blackwell had written Elvis's early big hit song "Don't Be Cruel" in 1956 and with Winifred Scott, he also later wrote the catchy song "Return To Sender" (from from the movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!  - Paramount Pictures 1962).

Victorandss wrote:

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The song is performed by lovely Deanna Durbin from the 1940s.

Please see the lovely music & photo tribute at the link below:

..not for just a day, not for just a year, but always.

Here is Deanna heard singing "Always" composed by Irving Berlin (who wrote "White Christmas") in a tribute on the Web.

Deanna serenaded her so-star Robert Paige in one scene from her only colour movie, the wonderful "Can't Help Singing" (1944) made towards the end of her career.  Deanna was in fact a child star - her voice was said to have "a lyrical quality of almost indescribable sweetness".

The record version of "More and More" sung by Deanna can be heard at the link below.

The trailer in colour of "Can't Help Singing" can be seen at the following link:

At 1.14, you can see an extract from the "More and More" scene.

Deanna in the Public Baths scene singing with Robert Paige the title song "Can't Help Singing" composed by Jerome Kern & E.Y.(Yip) Harburg.

NB.  Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics for "Over The Rainbow" (music by Harold Arlen) for the 1939 movie "The Wizard Of Oz" starring Judy Garland. The song was nearly dropped from the movie as MGM executives thought it slowed down the movie but the associate producer intervened to save it. It was later ranked as No.1 of the "Songs of the Century".

One of Deanna's most popular movies was "His Butler's Sister" (1943) in which she beautifully sang "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" at the end of the movie, also an earlier Russian song melody. Below is a photo of Deanna with her movie co-star Franchot Tone.

Deanna had the largest Fan Club in the world in the late 1930s and saved a Film Studio (Universal) from bankruptcy due to the popularity of her movies.  Deanna passed away in 2013 at the great age of 91 in France to where she retired in the late 1940s.

Long ago, film-maker Joe Pasternak had tried to get Deanna out of retirement to sing with the young Mario Lanza but she resisted!  Kathryn Grayson was chosen to partner Mario in early films.

Here is a tribute showing all different movie clips whilst Deanna is singing the Russian song from the movie "His Butler's Sister" sung at the servants' ball.

Thank you Deanna.

Deanna was adored by the world - we will not see her likes again.

Tyrone Power (star of "The Mark of Zorro") meets Senorita Lea!

From "Wiki":

The Mark of Zorro is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox. The action movie stars Tyrone Power as Don Diego Vega (Zorro), Linda Darnell as his love interest, and Basil Rathbone as the villain. The cast also includes Gale Sondergaard as the scheming wife of the corrupt local governor, Eugene Pallette as Zorro's local friar, and J. Edward Bromberg as the governor, along with Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery, and Chris-Pin Martin. Diego's mute servant, Bernardo is absent in this film adaptation.

The film was Nominated for Academy Award for the Best original score in the 1941 Academy Awards. In 2009, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and will be preserved for all time.^[3]

The film has been released twice on DVD. The first was released on October 7, 2003 and featured the movie in its original black-and-white, as part of 20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection. The second was released on October 18, 2005 as a Special Edition, and featured both a new restored black-and-white version and a colorized one, prepared by Legend Films. Both versions contain "Tyrone Power: The Last Idol" as seen on Biography on the A&E Network, and a commentary by film critic Richard Schickel.

Photos of Tyrone Power and his lovely co-star, teenager Linda Darnell.