Guy Mitchell - Look At That Girl

Guy Mitchell - 'Look At That Girl'

11th September, 1953 (6 weeks)

the 11th of September and Frankie Laine's run at number 1 is ended by Guy Mitchell scoring his second number 1 single with 'Look At That Girl'.

Guy Mitchell is back and singing about girls again. The swine. Though it's less of a novelty record about London Bankers this time and bit more in the big band swing style.

'Guy Mitchell' was just a stage name for Mr Albert George Cernik - an American of Croatian descent. It came about as a result of Columbia Records executive (and producer of this song) Mitch Miller, deciding that Cernik seemed a nice 'guy' and his own name was Mitch. Et voila, Guy Mitchell the superstar was born.

She Wears Red Feathers

Guy Mitchell - 'She Wears Red Feathers'

13th March, 1953 (4 weeks)

Guy Mitchell had the next number 1 single in the UK with She Wears Red Feathers, the tale of a London Banker's love for a hula girl.

This video is something different - I thought it was a bit more interesting than the usual 'slide show to music'. It's from a short film from Universal featuring Guy Mitchell himself performing She Wears Red Feathers and Feet Up! Which was, in fact, the first ever UK number 2 single, missing out to Al Martino.

So, she wears red feathers and a hula-hula skirt and eats cocynuts fish feeerom the sea (I hear 'they're greeeeeeat', anyone?) and gets a London Banker to fall in love with her. Call me a cynic, but he's probably only doing it so he can be a non-dom. Though I think that probably reaches a point where it stops being romantic. Or funny.

Of all the songs so far, this one has stood out to me, despite being very much in the same vein of one singer and their orchestra as the previous singles. It manages to come close to novelty, but doesn't cross the line in to being unbearable - unlike some of the songs coming up...