Catching up on the number one hits of the 1940s, as we are often doing on Tuesday nights, I discovered I somehow missed this monster from 1941.
Jimmy Dorsey (with vocals by Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell) spent ten weeks atop the chart staring in March 1941.
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How about some modern music, like this from 1950… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fJjO1N39KI
Or this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5S3cM9uWw
And now…isn’t it time we begin to think about Halloween? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHjyGNmm5U
So a cover version went to number one? Found that it dates back to 1923.
Link
Ah yes, the Spanish Tango Orchestra…an early version of the Electric Lite Orchestra.
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