"The End" is a song with music by Jimmy Krondes and lyrics by

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. In 1958, the song was released in the United States as a 1958 single by

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. Grant's single on the

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label, featured the orchestra of

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; 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.

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, and spent 19 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 reaching No. 7, while reaching No. 16 on ''

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'''s " Hot R&B Sides". 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.

Cover versions

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recorded a cover version for her 1966 album '' Nancy in London''.'A Story Without Any End': Nancy's 'The End' in TV Commercials
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Steve Lawrence Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz; July 8, 1935) is an American singer, comedian and actor, best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé, billed as " Steve and Eydie", and for his performance as Maury Sline, the manager and fr ...

released a cover in 1973 which reached No. 46 on the ''Billboard''

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In popular culture

The song was featured in the sixth episode of the

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show ''

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'', "Gods and Monsters".

References

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