"Lisbon Antigua" is a popular song, arranged by Nelson
Riddle, that was a number-one song in the United States during
the year 1956. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on
February 25, 1956 and remained there for four weeks. The song
that featured in Riddle's score for the film
Lisbonwas originally a Portuguese song that Nat King
Cole's manager brought to Riddle's attention.
The song was written in 1937 by Raul Portela, Jose Galhardo,
and Amadeu do Vale with English words by Harry Dupree.
It was also recorded as an instrumental under the title "In
Old Lisbon" by Frank Chacksfield, a recording released by the
United Kingdom Decca label as catalog number F 10689, which
reached #15 on the UK charts.