"Josephine" was a 1936 song with music by

Wayne King Harold Wayne King (February 16, 1901 – July 16, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader with a long association with both NBC and CBS. He was referred to as "the Waltz King" because much of his most popular music involved wa ...

and Burke Bivens and lyrics by

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", "Ain't We Got Fun?", "Carolina in the Morning", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' By ...

.David F. Lonergan, ''Hit Records, 1950-1975'' - - 2005, p. 118. "Josephine" Gus Kahn w: Bruce Bivens m; Wayne King m Les Paul; Capitol #12; 07/07/1 951 Bill Black's Combo: Hi #18;07/04/1960 2588 It was first recorded by Wayne King and his Orchestra and issued on Victor 25518-A, which became one of the band's best selling recordings. The song was covered by many artists including: *

Les Paul Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype ...

with

Mary Ford Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hi ...

, 1951, peak position no. 12 * Charlie Blackwell, 1959 * Paul Muench Trio, 1960 *

Bill Black William Patton Black Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo. Ear ...

's Combo, 1960, peak position no. 18 *The Lane Quintet, 1960 *The Multiple Guitars of

Peter Posa Peter Paul Posa (8 August 1941 – 3 February 2019) was a New Zealand guitarist most famous for his instrumental "The White Rabbit", which was released in 1963. The song is a guitar instrumental that sold 100,000 copies. Career Posa was bor ...

, 1960 *National Singers of U.S.A., 1960 *Russ Morgan and his orchestra, 1961 *Ray Charles *Connie Barber *Earl Bostic and his Orchestra *Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music *George Poole Orchestra *Jim Hall (musician) and his Orchestra, 1963 *Johnny Maddox and the Rhythmasters, 1954 *Norman Lee (musician), 1964 *Russ Carlyle, 1967 *Mose Allison (jazz singer), 1987

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