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A song published in 1939, the year of my birth...........My all time favourite.
'Somewhere over the rainbow'

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I remember it well, and it must have been around the same time I fell in love with Guy Mitchell, singing "Sparrow in the Treetops", though I think the song was earlier than that. :)

Woops! That should refer to "Here in my Heart".

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Anybody remember Ivory Tower by Cathy Carr? Was top in Australia on my DOB but never heard of it

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Just look at Eve Cassidy singing this song.
Someone commented 'It makes an old man cry' it does.

YouTube - Eva Cassidy - over the rainbow

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just had a reccy fer 1948 n "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" -Art Mooney seems to have been one of the most popular- aint got it in me disco though.:D

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Longing for you - Teresa brewer.
Bit ironic really Mother bogged off shortly after.

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Quote -
Just look at Eve Cassidy singing this song.
Someone commented 'It makes an old man cry' it does.

Lovely version by a beautiful girl sadly missed.

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uk D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Billy Connolly
us That’s The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
aus Mama Mia - Abba

lol the uk one certainly fits at the moment

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They didn’t have record charts in 1937. And yes they did have records and not cylinders either. Back in those days the popularity of a song was based on the sale of sheet music.

The dance band heart throb of the day was probably Al Bowlly or Sam Browne who sang with bands like Jack Hilton, Roy Fox, Ambrose and Harry Roy who produced some real foot tapping, happy music that sounds as good today as it did back then.

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yes, I remember Cathy Carrs "Ivory Tower" Come down, come down from your Ivory Tower
etc etc. I have it on an LP.

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"Don,t fence me in" Bing Crosby and the Andrews sisters. and "My Heart Tells Me"

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Hey Royboy what about "We,ll Meet Again" Vera Lynn

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Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros

I dont even know that song :confused:

It was 09/07/1988 by the way

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Mine was "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procul Harum.

Funnily enough, this should have been the answer to a question at a pub quiz at The Park about 6 years ago when we first moved to Great Harwood. Unfortunately, the quizmaster got it wrong and when we argued the point, I told him I've got the "Guinness Book of Hit Singles" at home, one minute away - I can prove it easily enough.
"What version is it?"
"1994"
"Oh, well mine's 1998, so that's why it's different"
I realised that there was no point arguing with someone who thinks that chart positions might change from year to year.

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No chats in 1946, but Whiter Shade of Pale was knocking about the Top Twenty when I was courting in the 60s, I bloody hate that song:D:rolleyes: