Spanish Eyes

E762174

"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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spanish Eyes canonical 6
Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Eyes
basedOn Moon Over Naples ⓘ
composer Bert Kaempfert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfMajorHit 1960s ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Al Martino ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Engelbert Humperdinck ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Eddie Snyder ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Al Martino ⓘ
originalComposerNationality German ⓘ
originalInstrumentalTitle Moon Over Naples ⓘ
originalTitle Moon Over Naples ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation orchestra ⓘ
string section ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1965 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Martino → notableWork → Spanish Eyes ⓘ
Al Martino → notableSong → Spanish Eyes ⓘ
Bert Kaempfert → notableWork → Spanish Eyes ⓘ
Engelbert Humperdinck → notableWork → Spanish Eyes ⓘ
Alfred Cini → notableWork → Spanish Eyes ⓘ
Spanish Eyes → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Eyes (Moon Over Naples) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Eyes
Al Martino → sang → Spanish Eyes ⓘ