Mae (song)
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"Mae" is a 1965 song written by Riz Ortolani for the MGM motion picture The Yellow Rolls-Royce.
Background
The song is the theme for the section of the film in which ownership of the titular Rolls-Royce passes to a gangster and becomes the backdrop to a dangerous romance between the gangster's girlfriend Mae Jenkins (Shirley MacLaine) and a young Italian named Stefano (Alain Delon).
1965 recordings
- The tune was covered as an instrumental by Herb Alpert on Going Places,{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/%21%21going-places%21%21-mw0000197252|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 26, 2025}} and released as a single, where it peaked at #26 on the US Easy Listening chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=19}}
- Pete Fountain, also released it as an instrumental, where it peaked at #27 on US Easy Listening chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=96}}
Other recordings
- The song with English lyrics, "She's Just a Quiet Girl", was recorded and released as a single by Ella Fitzgerald.{{cite web |title=45cat.com |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/vk10359 |website=45cat.com |accessdate=June 6, 2020}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=VykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 Billboard magazine]
- Julie London included the song on her album Feeling Good (1965).{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/feeling-good-mw0001444498|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 26, 2025}}
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Category:Songs with music by Riz Ortolani