6th February 1953 (5 weeks)
Aaaah, good old Perry Como. A pioneer of the classic musical variety television shows of the era. Of course, he was going to pop up soon!
So here he is. Shaking his swing thing.
Como has a very pleasant voice. It's clear why he became very popular (and I imagine his dashing Italian-American good looks probably helped). Though this song has very familiar sounding brass, the lyrics are somewhat apart from the vaguely novelty sound of the songs he is possibly more famous for.
I won't make any bones about the fact that this early chart music isn't something I'm very up on, though I have always had an awareness of Perry Como - probably because his popularity was, at the time, unrivaled. In many ways, that makes it quite sad that he isn't remembered in the same way as the likes of Sinatra. One would imagine that's because Como managed to live in the public eye for 50 years scandal and rumour free. It's hard to imagine that being allowed to happen now. It was a different planet, as they say.
Interestingly, this song was released in Germany as a double A-side with the UK's previous number 1 single, by Eddie Fisher. Anything beats a dance remix, right?
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