Never on Sunday (song)
| "Never on Sunday" | |
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2002 remastered single | |
| Single by Melina Mercouri | |
| from the album Never on Sunday | |
| B-side | "Hasapico" (Manos Hatzidakis) |
| Released | 1 October 1960 |
| Recorded | 1960 |
| Label | United Artists |
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis |
| Producer(s) | Jack Lewis |
| "Never on Sunday" | |
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| Single by Don Costa | |
| B-side | "The Sound of Love" |
| Released | July 25, 1960 |
| Recorded | 1960 |
| Genre | Instrumental |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | United Artists |
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis |
| Producer(s) | Don Costa |
| "Never on Sunday" | ||||
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| Single by The Chordettes | ||||
| from the album Never on Sunday | ||||
| B-side | "Faraway Star" | |||
| Released | May 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Manos Hatzidakis, Billy Towne | |||
| The Chordettes singles chronology | ||||
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"Never on Sunday", also known by its original Greek title "Ta Pediá tou Pireá" ("Τα Παιδιά του Πειραιά", The Children of Piraeus), is a song written by Manos Hatzidakis and first sung by Melina Mercouri in the film of the same name, directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960, a first for a foreign-language picture. The film score was first released on 1 October 1960 by United Artists Records.