\"Jezebel\" is a 1951 popular song written by Wayne Shanklin.
It was recorded by Frankie Laine with the Norman Luboff Choir and Mitch Miller and his orchestra on April 4, 1951 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39367.
The record reached #2 on the Billboard chart and was a million seller.
The B-side, \"Rose, Rose, I Love You\", was a hit too and reached #3.
The title refers to the biblical woman Jezebel of the Old Testament.
Covers
Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour recorded a French version of the song.
Brazilian singer Leny Eversong recorded another popular version in the early 1950s.
Alexander Veljanov recorded a cover of the song.
Czechoslovak singer Waldemar Matuška performed a Czech version of this song.
The Belgian singer Wendy Van Wanten recorded a Dutch-language version of the song in 1995.
Desi Arnaz sings the song in an episode of I Love Lucy (1950s).
Gene Vincent recorded this song with his group The Blue Caps for his first LP record Blue-Jean Bop (1956), Capitol Records.
The Everly Brothers recorded the song for their 1962 album Instant Party!.
The Illusions, a surf music band, recorded an instrumental version in 1963.
Herman's Hermits recorded the song for their 1967 LP There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World, and it became a regular feature of their live performances afterward.
The Rumbles, Ltd, a band from Lincoln, Nebraska, recorded a pop-psychedelic version of the song in 1967. It was a regional hit in the Midwest.
The Controllers, a band from Los Angeles, recorded a punk rock version of this song in 1978.
Reverend Horton Heat covered this song on his album Liquor in the Front in 1994.
Anna Calvi covered this song in 2010 and recorded it as a single in february 2012.
Influence of the song
Leonard Cohen's song \"Memories\" from the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man starts with the line: 'Frankie Lane, he was singing Jezebel'.
The first helicopter in the Netherlands, a Sikorsky S-51 H-1, was bought in 1951 by the Royal Netherlands Navy. There the heli was called 'Jezebel' after Frankie Laine's song.
