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English
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In 1939 songwriter Leon René was listening to the radio one morning when he heard the announcer say the cliff swallows were about to arrive at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. He got the idea for a song and wrote "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano". A glassed-off room in the mission was later designated in René's honor and displays the upright piano on which he composed the tune, the reception desk from his office, several copies of the song's sheet music and other pieces of furniture, all donated by René's family.
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W B MUSIC CORP GEMA
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Title Performer Release date Info
 REC 1940 First recording in April 1940
listen on Internet Archive  REL June 1940 First release
Hit song
  June 21, 1940
  June 28, 1940
listen on Internet Archive   June 1940
  July 5, 1940 Hit song
  July 1940
listen on Internet Archive   July 1940
  August 1940
listen on Internet Archive   September 1940
  1940
  February 1952
  July 1957
  September 30, 1957
  1958
  February 1959
  1961 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  June 1965
  1971
  1975
  1978
  1981 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  1983
  October 25, 1994 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  December 1999 Released more than 10 years after its recording
  2001
  2003
  2007

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