Michael Holm - When A Child Is Born (1974)
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Michael Holm - When A Child Is Born (Original Version from 1974)
In 1974 German singer, songwriter and producer Michael Holm took the instrumental tune "Soleado" by the Daniel Santacruz ensemble, written by Zacar, and wrote lyrics to the music and called his song "Tränen lügen nicht". This original German version has no reference to christmas at all. "Tränen lügen nicht" became a No. 1 Hit for singer Michael Holm on the German single charts and also a major success in other German-speaking countries like Austria and Switzerland. For the international market Holm recorded an English version called "When A Child Is Born", English lyrics written by Fred Jay. Though the Englisch lyrics do not mention Christmas in any way, the arrival of child people raise high expectations on, certainly allow references to Christmas. So Michael Holm could produce a respectable result by reaching No. 53 on Billboard's Hot 100. Now this could be the end of the story of an English version of a German Schlager sung by a German singer and very likely to be forgotten today. If not Johnny Mathis picked the song up and recorded it himself two years later, reaching No. 1 in the USA and UK in 1976 and turning the song into a world hit. Incidentally, the international success of "When A Child Is Born" missed Germany and the German language area and it is commonly unknown there, that "When A Child Is Born", based on "Tränen lügen nicht", using the instrumental tune "Soleado" is a popular Christmas song.
In 1974 German singer, songwriter and producer Michael Holm took the instrumental tune "Soleado" by the Daniel Santacruz ensemble, written by Zacar, and wrote lyrics to the music and called his song "Tränen lügen nicht". This original German version has no reference to christmas at all. "Tränen lügen nicht" became a No. 1 Hit for singer Michael Holm on the German single charts and also a major success in other German-speaking countries like Austria and Switzerland. For the international market Holm recorded an English version called "When A Child Is Born", English lyrics written by Fred Jay. Though the Englisch lyrics do not mention Christmas in any way, the arrival of child people raise high expectations on, certainly allow references to Christmas. So Michael Holm could produce a respectable result by reaching No. 53 on Billboard's Hot 100. Now this could be the end of the story of an English version of a German Schlager sung by a German singer and very likely to be forgotten today. If not Johnny Mathis picked the song up and recorded it himself two years later, reaching No. 1 in the USA and UK in 1976 and turning the song into a world hit. Incidentally, the international success of "When A Child Is Born" missed Germany and the German language area and it is commonly unknown there, that "When A Child Is Born", based on "Tränen lügen nicht", using the instrumental tune "Soleado" is a popular Christmas song.