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Foxmail is a compact, yet very powerful email program with many useful features and a pleasant interface. It supports POP3 accounts as well as Hotmail accounts and offers support for HTML email, multiple accounts, mailbox encryption and more. It also comes with a WYSIWIG tool to compose nice looking HTML emails from templates or scratch. The program also offers filter options, allowing you to act upon incoming mail that meets certain criteria - you can delete messages, forward them, auto-respond to them and more based on keywords appearing in the subject, address, text etc. The Express Send feature enables you to send mail directly to the recipient, using the built in SMTP server, thereby bypassing your ISP. It includes many other features, including a remote mail viewer to manage mail on the server, as well as a small scroll ticker that displays message subjects as they arrive in your inbox.

Could be a great client, unfortunately if fails. Here's why:
- No international spell checker support (only Chinese and English)
- Is not possible to turn off automatic html images loading in messages (also means, possible security issue here)
- Is not possible to export contact from the address book
- Filters manager window is not resizable (with lot of rules it gets clumsy).

see
www.emclient.com

Installation dialogs for this are in Chinese, so it's impossible to install. Might give it another shot if they ever get round to releasing an English version.

I'm sticking with Foxmail 7.0!
With 7.2 you can't customize several annoyances. 1) The mail list is grouped by date and you can't ungroup it. 2) There's no way to change the font of the view or preview panes, nor the background color. 3) When viewing the RSS list without a preview pane, or with preview on bottom, the titles in the list don't show at all. With RSS feeds I would also like to be able to search them. But this is missing in all versions of Foxmail.
I use foxmail because all other email clients consume huge resources, including most browsers. Since I use IMAP, I just want a simple, small, program. Foxmail is the closest I can find. I love the fact that I can run it on a portable drive without installing it on each operating system I use.
However, it doesn't have a way to synch my address book with gmail. Other popular clients screw this up too (I usually end up with hundreds of duplicates on my Android.) I REALLY need a solution for this but I don't want to link my operating system to a Microsoft live account (too scarey!)
If anyone knows of a good gmail contacts syncing program for Windows let us know!

Just upgraded from version 7.1 (which seems to have some issues) to 7.2. Very pleased with the new version. I have been using Foxmail for many years and it has never let me down. To get the English menu had to delete the Chinese lgb files. Importing all data from old version worked perfectly. It is recommended to do a clean install instead of upgrading you can import all the mails, filters, labels, signatures, templates etc from the previous version (some copy and paste is required for some items like Labels.
Version 7.2 with a clean install is using only have as much space as a upgrade. It also works perfectly on a USB stick or portable drive.
I can not understand the comments from Hilbert. Why do you want to install a mail program if you don't have a e-mail account. There is Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and many more free mail programs. Sign up with one of them and install your Foxmail, as simple as that. I have been using Eudora, Pegasus, Outlook, Becky, Thunderbird and many more and Foxmail is the best in all aspects.

There's no off-line installer or obvious way to setup an account off-line, so the program is essentially useless in deployment terms.
Moreover, FoxMail WON'T EVEN START unless there's an account--no access to the server, the internet down etc. and you're truly stuffed. Nor, seemingly, is there a pre-configurable .ini file or such that a user can edit beforehand.
The programmer of this email program really is an imbecile, as he's not even thought the basic operational logic through before he's started programing!
If the programmer ever reads this then I suggest he downloads an ancient copy of Eudora mail, (v 7.1.0.9 is still downloadable) and examine how eudora.ini works! Essentially, there's multiple ways of creating accounts off-line (which one often has to do in corporate environments).
(For that matter, can anyone tell me how one is expected to set up this program if say the server account has not yet been set up? With email, often client-side setups are done before the server account is created.)
Classic Catch-22.

crapware

From Majorgeeks website:
By default the Foxmail interface is in Chinese. To use Foxmail in English just go into the installation directory and delete the Chinese.lgb file. However, for the English version the 'Reply' feature will be affected (the content of the original message will not displayed in the reply - you can use the HTML templates to avoid this)

Looks nice, I installed it but like someone else said I cant read that language.

Wouldn't mind giving it a try but the installer is in Chinese

Could be a great client, unfortunately if fails. Here's why:
- No international spell checker support (only Chinese and English)
- Is not possible to turn off automatic html images loading in messages (also means, possible security issue here)
- Is not possible to export contact from the address book
- Filters manager window is not resizable (with lot of rules it gets clumsy).

see
www.emclient.com

Installation dialogs for this are in Chinese, so it's impossible to install. Might give it another shot if they ever get round to releasing an English version.

I'm sticking with Foxmail 7.0!
With 7.2 you can't customize several annoyances. 1) The mail list is grouped by date and you can't ungroup it. 2) There's no way to change the font of the view or preview panes, nor the background color. 3) When viewing the RSS list without a preview pane, or with preview on bottom, the titles in the list don't show at all. With RSS feeds I would also like to be able to search them. But this is missing in all versions of Foxmail.
I use foxmail because all other email clients consume huge resources, including most browsers. Since I use IMAP, I just want a simple, small, program. Foxmail is the closest I can find. I love the fact that I can run it on a portable drive without installing it on each operating system I use.
However, it doesn't have a way to synch my address book with gmail. Other popular clients screw this up too (I usually end up with hundreds of duplicates on my Android.) I REALLY need a solution for this but I don't want to link my operating system to a Microsoft live account (too scarey!)
If anyone knows of a good gmail contacts syncing program for Windows let us know!

Just upgraded from version 7.1 (which seems to have some issues) to 7.2. Very pleased with the new version. I have been using Foxmail for many years and it has never let me down. To get the English menu had to delete the Chinese lgb files. Importing all data from old version worked perfectly. It is recommended to do a clean install instead of upgrading you can import all the mails, filters, labels, signatures, templates etc from the previous version (some copy and paste is required for some items like Labels.
Version 7.2 with a clean install is using only have as much space as a upgrade. It also works perfectly on a USB stick or portable drive.
I can not understand the comments from Hilbert. Why do you want to install a mail program if you don't have a e-mail account. There is Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and many more free mail programs. Sign up with one of them and install your Foxmail, as simple as that. I have been using Eudora, Pegasus, Outlook, Becky, Thunderbird and many more and Foxmail is the best in all aspects.

There's no off-line installer or obvious way to setup an account off-line, so the program is essentially useless in deployment terms.
Moreover, FoxMail WON'T EVEN START unless there's an account--no access to the server, the internet down etc. and you're truly stuffed. Nor, seemingly, is there a pre-configurable .ini file or such that a user can edit beforehand.
The programmer of this email program really is an imbecile, as he's not even thought the basic operational logic through before he's started programing!
If the programmer ever reads this then I suggest he downloads an ancient copy of Eudora mail, (v 7.1.0.9 is still downloadable) and examine how eudora.ini works! Essentially, there's multiple ways of creating accounts off-line (which one often has to do in corporate environments).
(For that matter, can anyone tell me how one is expected to set up this program if say the server account has not yet been set up? With email, often client-side setups are done before the server account is created.)
Classic Catch-22.

crapware

From Majorgeeks website:
By default the Foxmail interface is in Chinese. To use Foxmail in English just go into the installation directory and delete the Chinese.lgb file. However, for the English version the 'Reply' feature will be affected (the content of the original message will not displayed in the reply - you can use the HTML templates to avoid this)

Looks nice, I installed it but like someone else said I cant read that language.

Wouldn't mind giving it a try but the installer is in Chinese

Pretty good, just cannot find a way to use other spell checker dictionaries besides American. Anyone knows if there's a way to set up that?
I've downloaded an Italian.adm file, added to the Dictionary folder and changed the dictionary settings in the Data SpellCheck.ini as follow:
[General]
Dictionary=Italian
Still, no luck.

Not bad. Still prefer thundebird

Not very good. Thunderbird the way to go

Have just installed Ver.7 and here are few problems I have encountered:
1.If you import the mail accounts from a previous version then the 'In Box' will be displayed in Chinese characters. You can solve this problem by creating a new account with the same name and move the mails from the imported account to the new account and the delete the imported account.
2. Unfortunately in Signature Manager you can no longer embed a link in a picture as in the previous version.
3.Templates can not be sorted for forwarding, replying and compose anymore as in the previous version. They just will be sorted alphabetically.
4. There is no Tool Bottom for Receive Current Account and Receive All.
There are a lot of new features and the program is extremely fast and uses very few memory. A very good e-mail client and I just hope the few shortcomings as listed above will be implemented again.

Very good mail proggy. Get the 7.0 version from the chinese website. Memory usage of the 7 version is unbelievably low. It uses 24K on my system. Amazing.

fast. easy. allows multiple emails accounts without lots of scripting or filters. really nice for separating business accounts or personal and business accounts. Only problem is some of the menus and text is in Chineese and can't be changed. Other than that is a very good program. Been using it for several years.

Best e-mail client for me. High performance and low memory consumer. I'm using it for years without any problem. Thank you.

Website is in an alien language. funny

Point: Close foxmail before searching for, and deleting, chinese.lgb. This does enable english to an extent.
Can anyone help in reapect of beta 6. Obviously there is a sync server here for registered users, to enable mail sycchronisation automatically between pPCs
I tried to register but all in chinese, any solutions out there?

I have been using Foxmail for several years without a problem. However, a bug has introduced itself recently which prevents me from receiving mail. I am being asked for my password each time I click on 'check', but when I enter it, I get a response, 'ERR, authentication failed'.
I am able to send mail without a problem.
I have tried deleting the program and downloading version 5.0 but the same problem exists.
I am able to retrieve my mail by using my ISP's program but I really want to continue using the superior Foxmail.

I have looked for the chinese.lgb, but it is n0t there.
I see only FoxHot.lgb.
I am unable to get the Help file into English.
Any more suggestions?
Why don't Firefox care about this problem.
Any worries about Chinese govt. manipulation?, Or Spyware?
Just interested...
I'd like to hear some comments.
Peace

I love Foxmail! I am using 5.0 right now. I can't seem to find a way to download the newer betas and still keep all my old email folders. Any suggestions? Or do I have to start over again.

Delete the chinese.lgb file in its main directory and you'll then have it be in the English language.

I downloaded this, but only got chinese version. Give it three because I tried version 5 and know it is good. Can anybody give me an idea why I only get Foxmail in chinese?

very good

i really like this email client and vastly improved from the v5 line I tried last.
Uses low ram (about 6mb when idle)
Nice interface
works well,
good spam filters (bayesian) and the remote email checker is a godsend. Every day I get 100 or so spam emails, with the remote.
Also works very well on my usb stick as a portable app.
For me and my needs, it's way way better than Thunderbird, Better than OUtlook express/windows mail, popcorn, eudora. pretty much the best email client I've used for years and years.

The new Foxmail v6 has been released.
There is alot of new templates with the new version. I have modified them to English.
You can download them if you want to try to.
http://rs163gc2.rapidsha..oxmail_v6_Templates.zip

'Quote orville55
Presently they have to be reset everytime the program is started.'
Foxmail FAQ
http://hazeleger.net/psjs_faqs/12060987.html
Can I change the font size for Message List, Preview Pane, and Message?
I have problems reading the text, hyperlinks in plain text mode.. can I change the font, font size, URL-color or background?

Foxmail 6.0 Beta 5
Having used previous versions, the improvments in Ver. 5.0 Beata 5 make the program a pleasure to use. In my estimation there are a few changes that I feel would move Foxmail to '5' rating.
- Default Font setting: Style and setting not available. Presently they have to be reset everytime the program is started.
- Spell Checker Window: All it to dock, out of the way of text. Presently is defaults to the center.
- Date Format: Allow change options to i.e May 19,2007
Cheers.
orville55

Very good, very stable. I have used it for years. I use the integrated Remote Mailbox Manager to review messages in the POP3 server and delete those that I do not want to download (90% of them). The installation dialogs are in Chinese, but are easy to follow if one installs programs frequently. After the installation, the file chinese.lgb must be deleted manually.

I've used Foxmail for a few years now and find it thw one i keep coming back to
Version 6 beta ves 021 is the latest.
Its a nice and clean interface, efficient with useful tools address book etc. spam filtering etc
Deleting the chinese lang file makes it english apart from the Help files and forum links
Its dead easy to set up, the backup tool works great(its a separate download but worth it
I always use the 'Live update' facility to keep up to date with downloads
Gie eit a try dont be frightened by the chinese language at first just delete the chinese file in teh Explorer window
Brian

I used the Beta 3 some weeks ago. Without asking me the program tried to connect to these adresses : ping.qq.com (213.133.41.62) datacollect.foxmail.com.cn (219.133.40.164).
Other users have confirmed this. ( and it is not any kind of updating feature, because i cann not enable or disable this beavior) Since FM is sold and it seems the owner is now tencent.inc and not longer Zhang Xialong. I stick with the latest version what was developed by Zhang himself ( 5.08 ). So i don't know if FM still can be called Freeware. For not asking me to give permission to contact the adresses i listed above i give lowest rating possible. Trust

It need to have selection which one need to install: English or Chinese. so user did not confuse.
The website need link to the englsih website.
It is also better if they also support the Yahoo Mail, and other webmail builtin.

if you want to get it in english, just rename / delete this file in installfolder:
Chinese.lgb
so :) what about your rating now? :D
P.S.: if you don't want to do anything, get the english version here: http://foxmail4u.goracer.de/download/fm6b4en.zip
for future updates: http://foxmail4u.goracer.de/download/
greetz

Perhaps if this install was in ENGLISH I might give it a higher rating. This isn't a Japanese/Chinese website.

I also have used Foxmail for years, mainly because of the integrated remote facility that allows to filter and manage manually the mail in the server, before downloading it. Besides, it is fast and very stable. After installing, the file Chinese.lgb must be deleted for the interface to appear in English.

I've used foxmail for about 3 years now and it rocks beyond believe, nothing can compare to it in speed and it interface. I got a new job now and they tried to get me to use Oulook 2003(Pathetic crap). Foxmail never crashes, is fast and the multi accounts are awesome(gmail works on it to:)).
Only thing about foxmail is that it doesn't have calendaring and doesn't get updated enough. Wish they would open source it.

In reply to Ashani's review:
Boda doesn't own FoxMail any longer; it is now owned by TenCent, and I don't think they will port it to Linux.
Regards to all!
d*** Hazeleger

Very nice software! POP access to multiple accounts! .. with GUI !! .. and Free !!!
Wow, its great. Best feature of it is 'It is portable'
Does BodaFox has any plans to implement it on Linux? It would be another great achievement

Quick tip. install is in chinese. Just click the 'next' arrows. After you install it, goto the program folder and delete the chinese.lgb file, you will then have a full english version!
This program is great. I love the fact that it will import your hotmail account via its own proxy server which allows your antivirus software to scan it.. unlike outlook express.

Installed, filled first dialog and Access Violation appeared, then app crashed. Uninstalled

Foxmail RULES. Version 6 continues development of easily the best free email client. Thank you to those behind this app and for continuing to improving it. Makes managing multiple accounts simple. Jumped to this when The Bat! creators kept shaking cash out of our pockets for little reason.

Thanks FoxLover. The English beta of Foxmail is working nicely on my system. This app is unbelievable . . . fast, easy to set up, easy to use. Managing multiple accounts, not to mention composing mail from a selected account, is just too too easy. Way better than Outlook. I've hung on to Outlook because of the Calendar and other functions, but 2006 looks like the year I'll be going full on Foxmail, with Yahoo Calendar (via Yahoo Messenger) for calendaring, schduling, and task management, and Yahoo Mail for backup.

It need some improvements:
1. make the website also on English.
2. Make the installer have options to install the english version. so we can have english version without deleting or do other things.
3. make the English help
or at least link from the website to http://foxmail.hazeleger.net/
and other improvements too

It works great.
I am a chinese, but with a English OS.
Just delete the chinese.lgb file or change its name to inactivate it in your foxmail folder, you'll get a fully functional english vesion. Although, the help file will still be chinese.

I have to agree with skua but feel others must have an English plug-in or version. I was able to uninstall, tho. I'd like to try it. Please advise how to find English.

It would have been nice to know in advance that this version is NOT in English! How do you say 'UNINSTALL' in Chinese?

Foxmail is the creme de la creme of window's email programs. Ability to have password protected multiple accounts is great. I love the templates. Embedding photos and music into email messages will really impress your contacts.
What really sets Foxmail apart from other email clients is this: It is easy to setup and use.
Support is terrific. You can find everything you need at-
www.hazeleger.net

Kust give a go at i.scribe (or inscribe if you need multiple account). that is the best client i found so far.

I've tried all the free email programs (I think) and FM seems to work just fine. Even lets me add multiple accouns. The one thing I would like to do is somehow change the spell checker to one other than the one included. Anyone help with that?

I have been using Outlook, Outlook Express, Incredimail, Thunderbird email programs for a while. Non of these programs give me good feeling except, maybe, Incredimail. Incredimail was good but it died on me recently, and I just could not revitalise it. Then I came across this Foxmail after frantic search for an alternative. When I started using Foxmail, I never came across any nagging problems like 'unable to send', 'IP address wrong'.. everything was a breeze, from installation to sending/receiving mails. The interface is nice too. My conclusion is that all I need is a good and reliable email client program and I am not into other fancies, except good spam filtering features. Foxmail has almost everything I need, including effective spams control. Nice job. I will give it a 5.

Unlike Poco, Bat, Eudora, Becky & others, Foxmail does NOT have its own HTML-rendering engine. Iconpackager 10 patch. Instead, it uses the Internet Explorer engine to render HTML. For this reason, it has all the security weaknesses of IE. Foxmail is foxy, but the security risks are unacceptable.

I have read about those 'Chinese ads' on Usenet, however an invitation to tell me which template, and where the file was downloaded from were not responded to.. I think it's one of those 'urban legends'.
If, however, anyone encounters such a thing, and would want to give me that information, you may do so at
[email protected]
('-request' is obsolete, remove it to make a valid eMail address in the domain, please do not use this address to ask questions.)
Back in June I entered a link to the forum here.. I forgot to enter the extention, ; the right address is:
http://www.hazeleger.net/yabbframe.htm
Please don't use the link that I provided before, it will end up in giving a '404'.
We also have a few FoxMail tools, a FoxMail FAQ, language packs, a How to.. section in the forum, and an up/download area for FoxMail templates, in which one of our forum members has uploaded a few beautiful HTML-templates.
About FoxMail.. you either love or hate it; IMO the strongest point for it is that is is an eMail client, and nothing more.. but one with all the bells and whistles that other clients only can achieve with the help of extra programs.
The English version (no Chinese) is also downloadable from the site (http://foxmail.hazeleger.net go to 'Downloads', the top entry in the sub-menu, then select whether you want the zipped file, or the exe file (download will start immediately upon selection).
D!ck Hazeleger
Admin The Hare's Lair
FoxMail forum.

Not bad !!
Nice little email client . It does what it says .

ive been using foxmail since 1998, i cant complain one bit, i love it.
jungle!, i dont know why you see chinese ads, ive never heard of that happening. good luck with it.
geekboy2000, http://foxmail.hazeleger.net/ there is a foxmail mailbox moving/sorting app there, works great!

I cannot give this version full marks -- when you try to compose mail, or forward or reply using this applications bundled staionary, it includes ads for cialis in chinese!!! This is really, really unecessary. WTF?

Great mail client! I like Thunderbird too but it still is too slow to load up/has too big a footprint.
geekboy2000, can't you achieve this moving/sorting with View Account-Adjust Bar? That works for me.
I'd love to be able to manage my newsgroups from within Foxmail (that's why I didn't give it 5).

I have to agree with the last review, but still it's an excellent application, I can't believe that I've been using IncrediMail for the last couple of years, I just hope that they provide a way to import my mails from IncrediMail to FoxMail.

I'd give Foxmail 5 stars if they'd resolve the issue that doesn't allow folder moving/sorting. Unfortunately, Foxmail's authors are slow to fix issues they themselves don't care about. Still, the price is right, it's stable, and an all around good e-mail client.

Without question one of the best e-mail clients available. Does only e-mail, though.
The Computer Rodent

What I love about FoxMail is that it is as solid as a rock and has never failed me or crashed. FEW programs can ever do that. Also, it doesn't try to be something it's not; it just does email very, very well.

wow- what an excellent email client! I like this even better than Thunderbird!

This is a really nice email program. Works great for 98Lite users like me. Paired with Mozilla Firefox, makes a great freeware combo on a system stripped of Outlook Express and Internet Explorer.

i`ve used foxmail since the ver 2.1 days and it has improved in leaps and bounds with every new release. i`m currently using the english version of foxmail 5 with the autoloader option downloaded off mr hazelegers foxmail support site..very cool email client..as has been commented previously..NO BLOAT!!!

5.0 has been out for quite some time, though there were new versions (builds); at the moment build 600 is the most recent one.
FoxMail is loaded with options, is very reliable, and is very user friendly, while at the same time being not bloated (as others already mentioned). The list of features is long, these are just a few:
* Easy to set up
* Anti-Spam build into the program (rules and Bayesian)
* Strong Filtering capabilities
* View HTML messages in plain text by default
* Mail ticker build into the program.
* Multiple account support
* Build in Template Manager
* Available in localized versions
* Remote Mail box management built into the program
Honesty demands that I write that there are also a number of issues to be solved, and wishes which would make the program much better if implemented.
d*** Hazeleger,
Admin Official English Support Forum FoxMail
http://www.hazeleger.net/yabbframe (in Support Forums)

The english version of 5.0 only just came out within the past month or so. The Chinese version has been out since late last year I believe.
FoxMail is one of the best email clients around. Looks good, it's fast, has a ton of features and best of all, NO bloat.

FoxMail is a very nice email client, but I think we've been hoaxed. This version was released and posted back in April, and there are no changes I can detect.

When every other email client - Eudora, Bloomba, PocoMail - fails on me, FoxMail is the only one that is 100% reliable. So I keep coming back to it. What more could one want?

5.0 final is out, gets better and better.

FoxMail is everage e-mail client with simply the cutest user interface ever. It is stable and easy to use. Just do not expect millions of options from it.

Eh, wasn't immediately impresses. Even in the latest 5beta version, I couldn't move/add/delete the main window columns (like size, date, etc)..to me this is going backwards in customization..did I miss something? Nothing on the view menu or directly trying to move the columns or right clicking them..
I'll stick with OE, thx!!

RE: Chinese language - Read down a bit to find the solution.

Oh!!!!!!!! Chinese language

oops.seems like someone already go to it before I could..

how in the world do you set this up!!!.its all in chinese.

After using Eudora, Pegasus, Outlook, and all kinds of others, I find this to be the best I have ever used. On XP home, I have noticed no problems. I hope they keep developing this one.

This is an excellent email client. One of the best ones in my opinion. Although the spell checker in this program is probably the worst I have come across. I assume because this is written by people living in China? If it wasn't for that I would give it 5 stars. Also the support website message board is all in Chinese..

Best E-Mail client ever. And as a note to what nightwolf said, if you wish to install 4.2 over 4.1 and delete the Chinese language file. You must also make sure you keep all of the FoxHot.* files from the 4.1 install. That is, only if you want to use the Hotmail proxy.

i think foxmail is very nice and stable.. . i used included opera mail client before, but i tryed foxmail 4.1 and its really good i think, especially because it works behind my lokal network and some firewalls.
i like it and its getting 5 of 5 points

get 4.2 instead, much better. there is no english install yet, just the chinese one. their both the same program, just install 4.2 then delete the chinese language file in the root install dir, and it diverts back to english. ive been using this client for many years, love it. too bad aerofox.com was stolen from them.

'Amapola' is a 1920 song by Spanish American composer José María Lacalle García (later Joseph Lacalle), who also wrote the original lyrics in Spanish.^[1] Alternative Spanish lyrics were written by Argentine lyricist Luis Roldán in 1924.^[2] French lyrics were written by Louis Sauvat and Robert Champfleury. After the death of Lacalle in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse.^[3] In the 1930s, the song became a standard of the rhumba repertoire, later crossing-over into pop music charts.

Recordings[edit]

'Amapola' was first recorded instrumentally by Cuban Orquesta Francesa de A. Moreno for Columbia in February 1923.^[4][5] Spanish tenor Miguel Fleta made the first vocal recording in 1925. In 1935, the Lecuona Cuban Boys released their rendition of the song as a single, recorded in 1935 in Paris.^[6] Japanese singer Noriko Awaya released her version of the song in 1937.

A popular recorded version was made later by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with vocalistsHelen O'Connell and Bob Eberly;^[7] this was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3629 and arrived on the Billboard charts on March 14, 1941, where it stayed for 14 weeks and reached #1.^[8] This version was remembered by American soldiers in World War II and sung with irony as they fought in France and saw the poppies of Flanders Fields.^[9] Another English-language version for the American market was recorded by Spike Jones and his City Slickers in the characteristic comic style of his band.

Since its debut 'Amapola' has been a favorite recording of opera tenors including Tito Schipa (1926), Nino Martini (1941),^[10]Jan Peerce (1950), Alfredo Kraus (1959) and Luigi Alva (1963). Tatsuro Yamashita covered Amapola in his 1986 a cappella album On The Street Corner 2. In 1990 'Amapola' was sung during the first Three Tenors concert in Rome.

Bing Crosby recorded the song three times: first on his album El Señor Bing (1960), then on Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1965) and finally for his 1975 album Bingo Viejo.

The song was recorded by instrumental surf rockers The Spotnicks, included on their 1962 debut album The Spotnicks in London.

Ryuichi Kawamura's cover appears on his 2011 album The Voice. Natalie Cole included 'Amapola' in her 2013 album Natalie Cole en Español.

In 2016, Bradley Walsh recorded the song for his debut album, Chasing Dreams.

In popular culture[edit]

Deanna Durbin sang the song in the 1939 film First Love. The song was performed in other films by Alberto Rabagliati (1941) and Sara Montiel (La Bella Lola, 1962). In Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute, published in 1945, the character Emmanuel hums 'Amapola'. An orchestral version of 'Amapola' directed by Ennio Morricone served as a leitmotif in the 1984 gangster film Once Upon a Time in America.

References[edit]

1. ^Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1920). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1920 Music Last Half of 1920 New Series Vol 15 Part 2. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 1255.
2. ^Lacalle, José M. (1941). Amapola: canción. Buenos Aires: Ricordi Americana.
3. ^Collected Works of George Grant: 1933-1950 George Parkin Grant, Peter Christopher Emberley, Arthur Davis - 2000 footnote Page 35 '38 'Amapola,' a popular love-song in 1941 written in French in 1924 by Joseph M. Lacalle and later given English words by Albert Gamse. The song was recorded by many artists, including Deanna Durbin.'
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10. ^Amapola as sung by Nino Martini and the Alfredo Antonini Orchestra on archive.org