Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 30th in 1953

Music written by: Nat Simon
Lyrics written by: Jimmy Kennedy
Language: English
ISWC: T-070.907.001-8 ASCAP, ISWC
T-914.527.312-7 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
Comments: Written on the 500th year anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, the lyrics humorously refer to the official 1930 renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul.
Published by: CHAPPELL-CO INC OSA
INTERSONG USA INC GEMA
Anne-Rachel-Music Corp PRS
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Originals

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

First recording and first release by The Four Lads (August 12, 1953 / September 1953)

Adaptations

An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) written by Nat Simon, Jimmy Kennedy English August 12, 1953
- Istanbul written by Børge Linz Danish 1954
- Istanbul written by Willy Rex Dutch 1954
- Istanbul written by Tapio Lahtinen Finnish 1954
- Istambul written by Marc Fontenoy French 1954
- Istanbul written by Hans Bradtke German
- Konstant i Opel written by Eldar Vågan Norwegian 1986

Versions

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) written by Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Four Lads	September 1953	First recording on August 12, 1953 First release Hit song
Istanbul	Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra	November 1953	Unverified
Istanbul	Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Ragtime Band (Lou Busch)	November 1953
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Frankie Vaughan with The Peter Knight Singers & Orchestra, conducted by Frank Cordell	December 1953	Hit song
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Malcolm Mitchell Trio	December 1953
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Radio Revellers with Geoff Love and His Orchestra	December 1953
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Caterina Valente	March 1954
Istanbul	Snooky Lanson	1954	Unverified
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Haukur Morthens með undirleik Jörn Grauengaards kvartet	1954
Istanbul [イスタンブール・マンボ]	Chiemi Eri [江利チエミ] (Chiemi Eri)	June 1955	Unverified
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Renato Carosone	1955	Unverified
Istanbul	Bruno & The Gladiators	1963	Unverified
Istanbul	Leo Addeo His Orchestra and Chorus	1965	Unverified
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Ramblers [NL]	1983	Unverified
Istanbul	The Stanford Fleet Street Singers	1984	A cappella
Istanbul Not Constantinople	Big Muffin Serious Band	1987
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	They Might Be Giants	January 15, 1990	Revival cover song
Constantinople	Jowe Head	1991	Unverified
Istanbul	Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby (Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby)	1992	Unverified
Istanbul-Konstantinopel	Bogomil og Miljónamæringarnir	1993
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Bear Necessities	1994	A cappella
Istanbul	Vocal Point [BYU]	1994	A cappella
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Octāves	October 1996	A cappella
Istanbul (Constantinople)	Mad Dodo	November 16, 1996
Istanbul	Last Call [a cappella]	1997	A cappella
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Lee Press-On and The Nails	September 1, 1998	Live
Istanbul-Konstantinobel	Bjarni Arason og Milljónamæringarnir	1998	Charity
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Muhlenberg Dynamics	1999	A cappella
Istanbul	Ac·Rock	March 27, 2000	A cappella
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Trevor Horn Orchestra	November 21, 2003
Istanbul	The New Dominions	2003	A cappella
Istanbul Not Constantinople	Ding Dong Daddios	2004
Istanbul (Not Constantinopole)	Ska Cubano	2005
Istanbul	The Bolivian Sunshine Dogs	2008	Unverified
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Five by Design	2008
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Wave Mechanics Union	2008	Unusual cover song
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Heebee-Jeebees	2011	Unverified
Istanbul Not Constantinople	Terrance Zdunich	2011	Unverified
Istanbul	Elizabeth LaPrelle	2011
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Bart&Baker	February 14, 2012	Unverified
Istanbul not Constantinople	Moscow Drug Club	2013
Istanbul	Claudia Schill, Helmut Sanftenschneider und Showband	2015
Istanbul	Powderkeg	2017
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Jason Berk	November 19, 2018
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Robyn Adele Anderson	July 2, 2024
Istanbul, Not Constantinople	Die Sauerkrauts feat. Anne Reburn	September 28, 2024

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) written by Nat Simon instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Ken Mackintosh, His Saxophone and His Orchestra	November 1953
i	Istanbul	Noro Morales and His Orchestra	November 1953
i	Istanbul	David Mackersie	1953	Unverified
i	Istamboul	Eddie Warner et sa musique tropicale	1954
i	Istanbul	Jean Pâques	1954
i	Istamboul	André Verchuren et son ensemble	1955
i	Istamboul	Édouard Duleu et son ensemble musette	1955
i	Istamboul	Onésime Grosbois et son piano d'occasion	1955
i	Istanbul	Tony Romano [IT]	1955
i	Istamboul	Aimable son accordéon et son orgue	1956
i	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Guus Jansen	1956
i	Istambul	Loulou Legrand	1956
i	Istanbul	Yvette Horner et son ensemble musette	1956
i	Istamboul	Fernand Clare & son nouvel orchestre	1957
i	Istanbul	George Wright	November 1959
i	Istanbul	Rolf Kühn and His Sound of Jazz	1960	Unverified
i	Istanbul	The Night People [US1]	May 1961
i	Istanbul	Santo & Johnny - With The Hugo Montenegro Orchestra & Chorus	December 1962
i	Istanbul	Al Caiola and His Magnificent Seven	1962
i	Istanbul	The Beatniks	May 1963
i	Istanbul	Werner Müller und sein Orchester	1963	Unverified
i	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	The Bruce Turner Jump Band	1963
i	Istanbul	Enoch Light and His Orchestra	1963	Vocalise version
i	Istanbul	The Jumping Jewels	1963
i	Istanbul	Loren Becker & Robert Byrne (Loren Becker, Bobby Byrne)	1966	Unverified
i	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Warren Kime & His Brass Impact Orchestra	1968
i	Istanbul	Klaus Wunderlich	1970	Unverified
i	Istanbul	Cool Candys	1970
i	Istanbul	The Spacemen [SE]	1989
i	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Chris Potter and Kenny Werner	March 26, 1996
i	Istanbul	The Halibuts	1996
i	Istanbul	The Phantom Surfers	1996
i	Istanbul	LSJUMB	1999
i	Istanbul	The Youngers	2007

Istanbul written by Børge Linz Danish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Istanbul	Gustav Winckler med Radioens danseorkester	1954	First recording on April 9, 1954 First release

Istanbul written by Willy Rex Dutch

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Istanbul	Will Ferdy	1954	First release

Istanbul written by Tapio Lahtinen Finnish

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Istanbul	Olavi Virta	1954	First recording on April 20, 1954 First release
Istanbul	Kipparikvartetti	October 1954
Istanbul	Eero Savolainen	1975
Istanbul	How Many Sisters	1983	Unverified
Istanbul	Jasmine Go-Go	December 1987
Istanbul	Korsuorkesteri	1997
Istanbul	Anita Hirvonen	2004	Unverified
Istanbul	Köpi Koski & Projekti	2005

Istambul written by Marc Fontenoy French

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Istambul	Jacques Hélian et son orchestre - Chant : Henri Tallourd et chœurs	1954	First release
Istamboul	Dario Moreno avec Michel Legrand et son orchestre	1955
Istamboul	Marie-José - Accompagnement d'orchestre direction : Jean Faustin	1955
Istanbul	Trio Macchiato	July 9, 2010

Istanbul written by Hans Bradtke German

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Istanbul	Die Alibabas - Orchester Johannes Fehring	August 1954

Konstant i Opel written by Eldar Vågan Norwegian

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Konstant i Opel	Vazelina Bilopphøggers	1986	First release

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) written by Willy Rex Dutch (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Jan Verbraeken		Unverified

Estambul written by Manuel Salia Spanish (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Estambul	The Sacados	1990	Unverified

Istanbul written by Sevinç Tevs Turkish (not verified yet)

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Istanbul	Sevinç Tevs		Unverified

Web covers

by Gustav Winckler

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