The End (Earl Grant song) explained

The End
Type:	single
Artist:	Earl Grant
B-Side:	Hunky Dunky Doo
Released:	1958
Genre:	Pop music
Label:	Decca Records
Composer:	Jimmy Krondes
Lyricist:	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

• Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover version for her 1966 album Nancy in London.^[6]
• Steve Lawrence released a cover in 1973 which reached No. 46 on the Billboard Easy Listening survey.^[7]

In popular culture

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

Notes and References

1. http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=13302 The End - By: Earl Grant
2. http://www.billboard.com/artist/276043/earl-grant/chart Earl Grant - Chart History - The Hot 100
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 235.
4. "The Billboard Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, November 3, 1958. p. 50
5. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Earl+Grant&titel=The+End+%28jeder+Tag+geht+zu+Ende%29&cat=s Earl Grant - The End (jeder Tag geht zu Ende)
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