Original upload date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:15:13 GMT
Only a minor hit for singer Laurenz, the song itself would climb to #2 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the spring of 1949 with Vaughn Monroe’s version the top-seller (listen here: http
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s://youtu.be/u1fHvhwW5tk ). In 1965 the tune made a comeback, led by the Bert Kaempfert instrumental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZHGE95iTc and the Vic Dana vocal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts-J_A2tfig
The original 78rpm single was issued on Mercury 5201 - Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Roy Brodsky-Sid Tepper) by John Laurenz
For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voMCx9SQkXFeSH7CnRO9j7x )
