This hit number one in 1946. It spent 6 weeks topping the charts beginning mid-March.

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I love Weird Al.

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A lot of people really like Bruce Springsteen. I kinda like Springsteen, but my reluctance may have come from how everyone thought he was the Second Coming, and I really was wary of that.

Yeah, he’s talented, and I did buy some of his stuff, but I just never became a disciple like some did. But, yeah, he has done some good stuff over the years.

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Savannah native Johnny Mercer had a lot of hits, both as a songwriter and as a performer. He won four Academy Awards in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s for his songs. In the 1940s, he had two songs hit number one. This was the second.

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There’s a singer named Usher. I’ve been an usher at church, but I’ve never bought any records by anyone named “Usher.” A lot of other people did, though.

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Betty Hutton took this song to the top of the charts in 1946.

One thing that’s always kinda bugged me — and maybe it’s just me — is the reference to “little Rain In The Face.” When I first heard the song some years ago, it struck me as referring to a young female American Indian. Perhaps just my ignorance from a younger time. But, I later found out who Rain In The Face actually was: a Lakota war chief, who may or may not have killed either or both Capt. Thomas Custer and Lt. Col. George A. Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. So, no petite American Indian girl by any means.

Rather than discuss the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Custer brothers, or Rain In The Face, I’m just gonna play the song.

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As long as we’re having a civil war, why don’t we take a few minutes and think about something from the last one?

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I love Weird Al. He’s probably the smartest man in music today. Well, maybe Alice Cooper. Anyway, Frank Zappa’s dead, so it’s not Zappa anymore.

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Frank Zappa was one of those artists that I didn’t dislike, but never really got heavy into. I recognize his talent and intelligence, but I never could get all that into the music. Trying to listen to an entire album was just Zappa overload.

Small doses, fine. Large doses, I couldn’t really deal.

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I first became aware of Bing Crosby as a character in Warner Bros. cartoons. He was one of those that were so big, that Bugs Bunny and friends made fun of him. That’s pretty big.

He had a lot of songs that hit number one, including this one from January 1946.

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So, just how big a hit was Billy Joel’s “Piano Man?”

Number one hit? Nope.

Top ten, though, right? Nope.

Top twenty, at least? Nope.

Top 40? Yes, actually. It peaked at number 25.

That’s right. Billy Joel’s signature song that has sold over 6-million copies, never hit the top half of the Top 40. Go figure.

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