Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
First recording and first release by The Four Lads (August 12, 1953 / September 1953)
- Music written by
- Nat Simon
- Lyrics written by
- Jimmy Kennedy
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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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
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INTERSONG USA INC
GEMA
CHAPPELL-CO INC OSA
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license