Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter
The B-side to Tab Hunter’s runaway hit, “Young Love,” “Red Sails in the Sunset” finds Hunter praying that his lover, who’s gone away on a boat, should return speedily to him. The song was a cover of “a standard Hunter’d always loved,” falling in line with a similar theme of his partner’s absence and...
[Verse 1]
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one
Home safely to me
She sailed at the dawning
All day, I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset
I'm trusting in you
[Verse 2]
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
[Verse 3]
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one
Home safely to me
Oh, carry my loved one
Home safely to me
Red Sails In The Sunset was written by Hugh Williams & Jimmy Kennedy.
By now I was so jazzed I couldn’t wait to jump back into the booth and record the flip side. I picked “Red Sails in the Sunset,” a standard I’d always loved. Billy Vaughn, on the fly, threw together a fresh, terrific arrangement.
Once I was finished and out the door, Randy Wood went to work. Unbekn...