Lita Roza - (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window

Lita Roza - '(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?'
17th April, 1953 (1 week)

Yes. You read that right. This song was actually a Number 1 hit.

I did say a few posts ago that there was some unbearable songs coming up. This is but the first of many. A theme that I've hinted at several times is that chart music has never exactly reflected music trends. That's the problem when you're judging the music tastes of a nation with effectively one snapshot from each week: it's only rarely that someone special comes along who catches what tastemakers would term the zeitgeist of an era and makes it critically and, more importantly (for the purpose of this blog at least) commercially successful. For every Madonna how many Tiffanys are there?

So, for my disdain of this song, I won't post a link up to it out of principle. Ok, actually, that's a lie. I just can't find a copy of it anywhere to post. But whatever, I can pretend to have principles about these sorts of things. In the meantime, here is a picture of Lita Roza (not the same, I know, I know, I'm sorry) the Liverpudlian purveyor of songs about puppies. The first person from Liverpool to get a UK Number 1 single. I've heard a few rumours there might be one or two more number 1s from that city... (at the time I write this, I believe it's 57, if you're interested).

In the meantime, enjoy The Muppets: