Eddie Calvert - 'Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White)'
27th May, 1955 (4 weeks)
"This version of a French song, "Cerisier Rose et Pommier Blanc" from 1950, reached number 1 for Mexican conductor and King of Mambo, Perez Prado in 1955.
'Older' Was That Really At Number 1? readers may remember some more of Perez Prado's music appearing in a 'quite popular' advert campaign from 1995, which subsequently saw said song ('Guaglione') reach Number 2 in the UK charts.
Maybe there should be a sister site, Was That Only at Number 2?..."
Oh, wait, this is a different version of the song, by Eddie Calvert? Well this should just be relabeled as 'when cover versions are deeply lazy and unimaginative', then.
