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entered Billboard Nov 9, 1951..reached #2.
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I wish I had this on a 45 and a 78. I love this song.
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Clavicord for Rosemary Clooney and Jo Stafford, and French Horns for Guy Mitchell...Can't guess who had their hands on the production of this record, but the tall man in the dark goatee.
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the year I was born & my Dad's era of music really but as I passed 60 I began to love it's charm & simplicity more & more, as much as my 'own' Hippie 60's era music ;-)
Shrimp Boats (Howard-Weston) by Jo Stafford, with the Norman Luboff Choir, orchestra conducted by Paul Weston (CD audio source) Jo's #2-charted best-seller "Shrimp Boats" was the first of three gold records she would earn within a twelve-month period--"You Belong To Me" and "Jambalaya" were the other two (both included in the 1952 HITS ARCHIVE). See also her two popular 1951 duets with Frankie Laine, "Hey, Good Lookin" and "Pretty Eyed Baby." TIP: Click this link to browse through all 118 videos of the 1951 HITS ARCHIVE collection, alphabetically arranged in the convenient YouTube Playlist format: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTFzQlK7fWk9gmS-66lG6V164K8OOX-Aj THE 1951 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a high-quality library of best-sellers and songs that made an impact, presented in clean, original-release versions (no remakes, alternate takes, or "re-processed stereo") MusicProf78 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicprof78/689903871053047