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Artist: Carol Haney, John Riatt & Company
Author: Richard Adler/Jerry Ross
Label: Columbia
Year: 1954
In musical The Pajama Game, the first Broadway show choreographed by Bob Fosse. (see also: Hey There)
Covers:
Archie Bleyer [n°2 US; later the Everly Brothers' mentor]
Black & White [as Juan Uit Santa Fe]
Johnston Brothers [the n°1 UK just prior to Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock]
Gloria Lasso [as Amour, castagnettes et tango]
Gus Viseur [idem]
Luis Mariano [idem]
André Verchuren [idem]
Savoy Brown [in Savoy Brown Boogie Part 2]
Grand Jojo/Lange Jojo [as Je suis un Don Juan]
Debelah Morgan [top 10 US as Dance With Me]
Inspired by the Urugayan tango La Cumparsita (see there), a latin influence accentuated by castagnettes. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross also cowrote Rags To Riches (hit for Tony Bennett in '53).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)