They had their first hit in 1944, with "Twilight Time," and their cover of "Peg O' My Heart," released just after the Harmonicats' version came out, contended with it for the #1 spot.
The Three Suns were a concept as much as a group, since Al Nevins dropped and added players to suit the material. In the late 1940s, the group was a quintet, with a rhythm guitar and bass added. Their first big hit, "Twilight Time," written by Morty Nevins, went on to have over 3 million air plays, according to BMI. In 1951, they recorded as a quintet with Marty Gold on organ and Larry Green on piano. They also recorded as a quartet with Ray Bohr on pipe organ (and later, on "Swinging on a Star," with R&B sax legend King Curtis!), as a sextet, a septet (with Billy Mure on second guitar), a combo of 13 (on "Perdido," 1954), and with orchestral accompaniment. Nevins himself stopped performing live in 1954 and concentrated on producing and publishing. Johnny Buck and later Joe Negri replaced him on guitar. Artie Dunn then reformed the group for live performances in 1957 with Tony Lovello on accordion and Johnny Romano on guitar. Morty Nevins went into studio work as an arranger and composer, and Al Nevins formed a music publishing house, Aldon Music, with Don Kirshner.
Aldon Music, located at 1650 Broadway, was just across the street from the legendary Brill Building. Nevins and Kirschner signed many of New York's best young songwriters and Aldon Music placed over 200 songs on the Top 40 charts, including "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up On The Roof" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and "Uptown" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Aldon Music was bought by Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems in 1964. Kirschner took over as head of the music company, and Al Nevins retired.
The Three Suns became considerably more experimental after Nevins formed Aldon Music. Al suffered a series of major heart attacks in the early 1960s that forced him out of performing, and he began to shift the producing work to others. Many of the later albums are credited to "Nevins, Kirschner Associate" and list no players. Al Nevins was willing to experiment with the best of them, and hired such bold arrangers as Sid Ramin, Marty Gold, and Roy Glover. He liked to toss in unusual instruments and sounds, such as the celestine, a theater pipe organ, castanets, vibes, a six-guitar combo, and what I think is a musical saw (on "One Enchanted Evening"). The best of the later albums were arranged by Charles Albertine. Nevins also recorded three albums of soft orchestral music for RCA under his own name. In the late 1960s, Morty Nevins revived the Three Suns, this time featuring Vinnie Bell on miscellaneous guitar paraphenalia and Fred Mendelsohn on organ, for Musicor Records.
Among cognoscenti, "Fever and Smoke," "Movin' and Groovin'," "On a Magic Carpet," "Twilight Memories," and "A Swingin' Thing" are considered the albums to seek out. "Danny's Inferno," from "Movin' and Groovin'," is included on more recent exotica compilations than perhaps any other cut and is one of the leading examples of a classical kitsch number.
For more information on the Three Suns in their various instantiations, check out Michael Toth's excellent website, the Three Suns Universe.
Don't Take Your Love From Me
The Three Suns Lyrics
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(And the sky feels blue)
Tear a petal from a rose
(And the rose weeps, too)
Take your heart away from mine
And mine will surely break
(My life is yours to make)
Would you take the wings from birds
(So that they can't fly?)
Would you take the ocean's roar
(And leave just a sigh?)
Oh, this your heart won't let you do
(This is what I beg of you)
Don't take your love from me
(Would you take the wings from birds)
(So that they can't fly?)
(Would you take the ocean's roar)
(And leave just a sigh?)
Oh, this your heart won't let you do
This is what I beg of you
Don't take your love from me
The Three Suns's song "Don't Take Your Love From Me" is a heartfelt plea from a lover to keep their love intact. The song starts with a metaphor of tearing a star from the sky, which indicates that even though it may seem like something small, it has a significant impact. This metaphor is amplified by tearing a petal from a rose, which causes it to weep. The message here is that even the slightest removal or neglect of love in a relationship can have damaging consequences.
The song then addresses the lover, begging them not to take their heart away from the singer's, as it will surely break. The singer gives up their life to the lover, and requests that they don't take the spark away, indicating the passion and intensity in the relationship. The lyrics then ask if the lover would take the wings from birds or the ocean's roar, emphasizing the impossibility of living without love, as it's integral to the natural world.
The chorus repeats the question to not take the love away, with additional emphasis on the impossibility of doing so, and ultimately begging the lover to continue to cherish the relationship. The song concludes with the original question of taking the wings from birds and the ocean's roar, as a final plea to keep the love alive, demonstrating its importance in a poetic and meaningful way.
Line by Line Meaning
Tear a star from out the sky
If you tear a star from the sky, the sky becomes a little less bright and beautiful, as if it feels blue without it.
Tear a petal from a rose
When you tear off a petal from a rose, the rose seems to cry because it becomes less beautiful.
Take your heart away from mine, And mine will surely break
If you take your love away from me, it will be painful, and my heart will break.
My life is yours to make
My life belongs to you since I love you, and you hold the power to make it either beautiful or miserable.
So, please, keep the spark away
Hence, please maintain the connection and care for our relationship.
Would you take the wings from birds (So that they can't fly?)
Is it humane to clip off bird's wings and make them unable to fly and lose their freedom?
Would you take the ocean's roar (And leave just a sigh?)
Can you imagine taking away the ocean's grandeur, its magnificent sounds of waves and tides, and leave it as silent as a soft sigh?
Oh, this your heart won't let you do(This is what I beg of you)Don't take your love from me
Please don't go away from me because deep down, you know you cannot do it since your heart doesn't permit you to, and I beseech you not to.
Lyrics © INDANO MUSIC COMPANY, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Henry Nemo
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Freeman Griffin
This is extraordinary! Never heard it before!!!! WOW!!!!
Kathleen szewczykowski
A GREAT VERSION OF THIS SONG.
A.K.
1:37 I'm finding similarities between this and Yo La Tengo - Our Way to Fall and I'm impressed
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