"Billy", also known as "Billy (I Always Dream of Bill)" is a song with words by Joe Goodwin and music by James Kendis and Herman Paley, written in 1911.
In 1950 it was performed by Betty Grable in the film
Wabash Avenue. The most successful version of the song was performed by
Kathy Linden
Kathy Linden (born 1938) is an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey. She grew up in Burlington, New Jersey.
Linden scored two big hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 late in the 1950s. The first was " Billy", a song origi ...
. It reached #7 on the
''Billboard'' pop chart in 1958. The song was featured on her 1958 album, ''That Certain Boy''.
The song features the
Joe Leahy Orchestra.
The single ranked #90 on
''Billboard's'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1958.
Other versions
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American Quartet released the first version of the song in 1911.
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Ada Jones
Ada Jane Jones (June 1, 1873 – May 2, 1922) was an English-American popular singer who made her first recordings in 1893 on Edison cylinders. She is among the earliest female singers to be recorded.
Biography
She was born in Lancashire, UK, ...
released a version of the song as a single in 1911.
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The Orrin Tucker Orchestra featuring
Wee Bonnie Baker vocals released a version of the song in 1939.
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Susan Maughan
Susan Maughan (born Marian Maughan, 1 July 1938) is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, " Bobby's Girl" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Sing ...
released a version of the song as part of the 1963 ''Four Beaux & A Belle''
EP.
Susan Maughan, ''Four Beaux & A Belle''
Retrieved January 23, 2016.
References
1911 songs
1958 singles
Kathy Linden songs
Victor Records singles
Columbia Records singles
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