Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p ""Tears" ("Tears for Souvenirs") is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr, and was first recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1929. It was made famous by Ken Dodd as a single, released in 1965. It became a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and the biggest selling single of 1965. The song also hit number one in the Irish Singles Chart.Although best known as a comedian, Ken Dodd was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1960s. His debut single, "Love is like a Violin" reached No. 8 in 1960. There were nine more singles, none of which made the top 20, between then and "Tears".The single spent 24 weeks in total on the chart, with five of those at number 1. It sold over a million copies in the UK, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1965, and was the third biggest-selling single of the 1960s; it was the only non-Beatles song in the top 5. In 2002 it was listed as the UK's 19th best-selling single of all time, with sales of 1,521,000.The song was parodied in a section of the song "I'm Bored" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their album Gorilla (1967)."@en }
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- Tears_(Ken_Dodd_song) abstract ""Tears" ("Tears for Souvenirs") is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr, and was first recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1929. It was made famous by Ken Dodd as a single, released in 1965. It became a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and the biggest selling single of 1965. The song also hit number one in the Irish Singles Chart.Although best known as a comedian, Ken Dodd was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1960s. His debut single, "Love is like a Violin" reached No. 8 in 1960. There were nine more singles, none of which made the top 20, between then and "Tears".The single spent 24 weeks in total on the chart, with five of those at number 1. It sold over a million copies in the UK, becoming the biggest-selling single of 1965, and was the third biggest-selling single of the 1960s; it was the only non-Beatles song in the top 5. In 2002 it was listed as the UK's 19th best-selling single of all time, with sales of 1,521,000.The song was parodied in a section of the song "I'm Bored" by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their album Gorilla (1967).".