CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
Created on 21/12/2005Latest update on 11/09/2023
Artist: Lou Preager Orch.
Author: Eily Beadell/Nell Tollerton
Label: Regal-Zonophone
Year: 1946
Vocal by Paul Rich. First British composition to lead the Hit Parade. Landing the two middle aged ladies who wrote it a fee of 1,000£, granted by the BBC. Write A Tune For A Thousand Pounds was the name of the game and an unprecedented amount of money. The song was later used in BBC tv-series The Singing Detective.
Covers:
- 1949:
Blue Barron [n°1 US]
- 1949:
Russ Morgan [n°1 US, with Sunflower on the B-side (see there)]
- 1949:
Jack Smith [top 3 US]
- 1949:
Frankie Carle [top 10 US]
- 1949:
- 1949:
- 1949:
Eddy Christiani [als Vaar Je In Een Bootje]
- 1961:
Selvera's [idem]
- 1992:
Ed Kooyman & Herman Van Haeren [as Wandelen Met Mijn Schatje]
