"Juke Box Baby" is a song written by Joe Sherman and

Noel Sherman Noel Sherman (30 June 1930 Brooklyn – 4 June 1972 New York) was an American lyricist and nightclub producer. Among the standards that Sherman composed, often with his brother Joe Sherman, are "Ramblin' Rose", " Graduation Day", " Eso Beso" ("Tha ...

and performed by

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...

. It reached #10 on the U.S. pop chart and #22 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

in 1956.

Background

The single features

The Ray Charles Singers Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg; September 13, 1918April 6, 2015) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers who were featured o ...

and Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and was arranged by

Joe Reisman Joseph Reisman (September 16, 1924, Dallas - September 15, 1987, Los Angeles) was an American musician (tenor and baritone saxophone, clarinet), bandleader, arranger, and record producer in the swing era. Reisman studied at Baylor University and ...

Other versions

* Sid Phillips and His Band released a version of the song as a single in the UK in 1956, but it did not chart.

References

1956 songs 1956 singles 1950s ballads Songs with lyrics by Noel Sherman Songs written by Joe Sherman (songwriter) Perry Como songs RCA Records singles His Master's Voice singles Songs about music Songs about jukeboxes {{1950s-single-stub