The End (Earl Grant song)

"The End"
Single by Earl Grant
B-side"Hunky Dunky Doo"
Released1958
GenrePop music
Length2:18
LabelDecca Records
Composer(s)Jimmy Krondes
Lyricist(s)Sid Jacobson[1]

"The End" is a song with music by Jimmy Krondes and lyrics by Sid Jacobson. In 1958, the song was released in the United States as a 1958 single by Earl Grant. Grant's single on the Decca label, featured the orchestra of Charles "Bud" Dant; some pressings of the single were shown with the title "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)".

Chart performance

The single was Grant's only entry into the U.S. Top 40, and spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching No. 7,[2] while reaching No. 16 on Billboard's "Hot R&B Sides".[3][4]

Grant also released a German version of the song, titled Jeder Tag geht zu Ende (Every Day Comes to an End), which reached No. 12 on the German charts.[5]

Cover versions

The song was featured in the sixth episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe show Moon Knight, "Gods and Monsters".

References

  1. ^ The End - By: Earl Grant, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 27, 2015
  2. ^ Earl Grant - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 27, 2015
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 235.
  4. ^ "The Billboard Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, November 3, 1958. p. 50
  5. ^ Earl Grant - The End (jeder Tag geht zu Ende), hitparade.ch. Accessed September 27, 2015
  6. ^ "'A Story Without Any End': Nancy's 'The End' in TV Commercials", the official site of Nancy Sinatra. Accessed September 28, 2015
  7. ^ "Billboard Top50 Easy Listening", Billboard, October 20, 1973. p. 37. Accessed September 27, 2015