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| (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| (o): | Juanita Hall (1949) | label: Columbia |
| | Casted as Bloody Mary in Broadway musical South Pacific. Even before the Original Cast album was cut, she recorded it with Salvatore Dell' Isola's orchestra. Song written in less than twenty minutes. More hits from that musical: A Wonderful Guy (Margaret Whiting), Bali Ha'i and Some Enchanted Evening (both for Perry Como). |
| (c): | Kitty Kallen (1949) , Ella Fitzgerald (1949) , Muriel Smith (1958) [overdubbing Juanita Hall in film musical South Pacific; n°1 on the UK album charts for 115 weeks], Martin Denny (1959) , Doris Day (1961) , Debbie Reynolds (1963) , Harpers Bizarre (1967) , Captain Sensible (1982) [n°1 UK; challenging the shock value of Syd Vicious' My Way], Bernice Reading (1987) , |
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