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and Al Lewis for the

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'' starring

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, who made it famous. In 1930,

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and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra recorded a popular cover of this song as well. This registered in the charts of the day at the No. 16 position.

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and his Orchestra also enjoyed success with the song in 1930 achieving a No. 20 spot.

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recorded the song with

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in 1930 (see Al Bowlly Discography). Another British cover version was by the sibling duo Bob and Alf Pearson. In April

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, Tiny Tim sang a cover live on ''

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'' and released it on his ''

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'' album. His cover which he sang with a

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was later used and repopularized in the ''

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, " Help Wanted" which aired during its first season in 1999. In January 2008, ''

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'' season 7 contestant Sarah Whitaker auditioned with the song.

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originally considered using Tiny Tim's cover of the song in the ''Meet the Pyro'' trailer for the class based multiplayer game ''

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'', though ultimately went with " Do You Believe in Magic" by

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. Tiny Tim's version of the song was used in

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television network show '' Speechless'' in Season 3, Episode 17 "S-p-Special B-Boy T-i-Time" in 2019.

References

* Sherman, Robert B. '' Walt's Time: from before to beyond'', Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998. 1930 songs Al Bowlly songs Bing Crosby songs Tiny Tim (musician) songs Songs written by Al Sherman Songs written by Al Lewis (lyricist) Songs written for films {{1930s-song-stub