Rumors Are Flying
"Rumors Are Flying" is a 1946 popular song popularized by Frankie Carle and Les Paul and The Andrews Sisters.
Background
[edit]The song was written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1946.
It was popularized in 1946 by Frankie Carle (vocal by Marjorie Hughes)[1] and by The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul.[2] The Frankie Carle version was a number-one hit in 1946 in America for nine weeks from late October that year.[3]
Other recordings
[edit]Other charted versions in 1946 were by Betty Jane Rhodes; Billy Butterfield; The Three Suns; Tony Martin; and by Harry Cool and his Orchestra (vocal by Mindy Carson)[4] (who recorded the song for Signature Records, catalog #15043.)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #16 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 28. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 75. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 574. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Nimmo, H. Arlo. The Andrews Sisters. Jefferson: McFarland & Co, Inc., 2004.
- Sforza, John. Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
- Shaughnessy, Mary Alice. Les Paul: An American Original. New York: W. Morrow, 1993.
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