Most notable covers are by Les Paul, under the title "Johnny Is the Boy for Me" (1952) in English, by Edith Piaf (1953) and Vaya con Dios (1988) as "Johnny, tu n'es pas un ange" in French, and by Zvonko Bogdan as "Svaku ženu volim ja" (1988) in Serbo-Croatian.
[2] In 1953, American jazz, country and blues guitarist Les Paul covered the Mary Lătăreţu version of the song under the title "Johnny Is the Boy for Me".
BF 596) with French lyrics under the title "Johnny, tu n'es pas un ange".
Some Romanian sources indicate that Stein won the case,[2] but the ASCAP/BMI publishing database to this day still credits "Johnny Is The Boy For Me" entirely and solely to Les Paul, Paddy Roberts and Marcel Stellman.
In 1968 the israeli duet Esther and Abi Ofarim recorded a fast version in romanian, with a spectacular orchestration, on their Up To Date album (Philips 838808JY, Phonodor 12196).
On the record, the song was attributed to Édith Piaf, Les Paul and Francis Lemarque.
In July 2001, nine years after Stein's death, UCMR-ADA (Romanian Musical Performing and Mechanical Rights Society) sued Vaya Con Dios for plagiarism because the band paid royalties to Les Paul instead of Stein.
[2][3][4] In 2009, the song was featured in the Ubisoft game Rabbids Go Home, performed by the Moldovan gypsy brass band Fanfare Vagabontu.