Cara Mia

For other uses, see Cara Mia (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Kara Mia.
"Cara Mia"
Single by Jay and the Americans
from the album Blockbusters
B-side"When It's All Over"
ReleasedMay 1965
Recorded1965
GenreRock
Length2:35
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriters
ProducerArtie Ripp
Jay and the Americans singles chronology
"Think of the Good Times"
(1965) 		"Cara Mia"
(1965) 		"Some Enchanted Evening"
(1965)

"Cara Mia" is a popular song published in 1954 that became a UK number 1,[1] and US number 10 hit and Gold record for English singer David Whitfield in 1954, and a number 4 hit for the American rock group Jay and the Americans in 1965. The title means "my beloved" in Italian.

Background

The English singer David Whitfield first recorded the song with the Mantovani Orchestra in 1954. It made the charts in the United States, and in the UK was the first record to spend ten consecutive weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Whitfield's version was one of the biggest selling British records in the pre-rock days.[2] It sold more than three and a half million copies worldwide and was a Top 10 hit in America.[2]

Writers

Authorship of the song was credited to Tulio Trapani (the pen name of the song's co-writer and arranger Mantovani) and Lee Lange (Bunny Lewis, Whitfield's producer).[2]

Jay and the Americans cover

Jay and the Americans recorded "Cara Mia" on their 1965 LP Blockbusters. It became an international Top 5 hit, reaching number 1 in Canada.[3] Their version was re-released in 1980, and went into the charts in the Netherlands.

Chart history

Other notable remakes

References

  1. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1954-06-24. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  2. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1965-07-12. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  4. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved Aug 9, 2025.
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 24, 1965". Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  8. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1965". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved Aug 9, 2025.
  9. ^ "78 Record: Helen Forrest - Cara Mia (1954)". 45worlds.com. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-05-22. Retrieved 2021-10-24.


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