"Dungaree Doll" is a song written by
Sherman Edwards
Sherman Edwards (April 3, 1919 – March 30, 1981) was an American composer, jazz pianist, and songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical ''1776'' and the 1972 film adaptation.
Early life
Edwards was born in the East ...
and
Ben Raleigh
Ben Raleigh (June 16, 1913, New York – February 26, 1997, Hollywood) was an American lyricist and composer responsible for a number of major hits, including "Dungaree Doll", "Wonderful! Wonderful!", "Hold on Girl", "She's a Fool", " I Don't Wanna ...
and performed by
Eddie Fisher featuring
Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra and Chorus. It reached #7 in the
U.S.
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in 1956.
The
B-side to Fisher's version, "Everybody's Got a Home but Me", reached #20 in the U.S. in 1956.
Other versions
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Mitch Miller and Orchestra released a version of the song as a single in 1955, but it did not chart.
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Fred Bertelmann released a version of the song as a single in 1956 in
Germany
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entitled "Tanderadei", but it did not chart.
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Ray Ventura
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel.
Career
Ventura was born to ...
released a version of the song as a single in 1957 in
France
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, but it did not chart.
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Crazy Otto released a version of the song on his 1958
EP ''Crazy Otto International, Vol. 2.'' as part of medley with the songs "
Manhattan
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" and "
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" is a popular song. The music was written by Harold Orlob, the lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. Orlob worked for Joseph E. Howard generating songs for Howard's productions and Howard presented the song a ...
".
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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released a version of the song on his 1999 album ''The Complete London Sessions, Vol. 1.'' This version was also featured in the 2006 remaster of
The Session
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.
References
1955 songs
1955 singles
1956 singles
1957 singles
Songs written by Sherman Edwards
Eddie Fisher (singer) songs
Jerry Lee Lewis songs
RCA Records singles
Electrola singles
Songs with lyrics by Ben Raleigh
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