It was originally recorded by Gracie Fields with Robert Farnon's Orchestra on 23 October 1948 and released on Decca F9031.

[2] There were a number of popular recordings in 1949: In 1987, "Forever and Ever" was covered in French-language by Simon et les Modanais, under the title "Ėtoile des neiges".

It was released in January 1988 as the first single from their debut album Il était une fois en Savoie.

Bernard Simon, railway worker in Modane and amateur singer in a small group covering Johnny Hallyday's songs and rehearsing in a disused chapel, performed one evening in a ball a cover of "Étoile des neiges" in a rock-musette style, which quickly became popular.

The often deemed kitsch music video, which begins with bells sounds, displays Simon dressed with a perfecto and a bow tie trying to seduce shepherdess Véronique.