"Petticoats of Portugal" is a

popular song Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk ...

with music and lyrics by Michael A. Durso, Mel Mitchell and Murl Kahn. One of the best-known versions of this song was recorded by Dick Jacobs and His Orchestra in 1956, and released by

Coral Records Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca Records that was formed in 1949. Coral released music by Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, the McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer. Coral issued jazz and swing music in the 1940s, but after Bob Thiele became head o ...

(Coral 61724) on a single along with "Song of the Vagabonds - Only A Rose".

Other notable recordings

Billy Vaughn Richard Smith "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records. Biography Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, where his father, ...

(1956) *

Florian ZaBach Florian ZaBach (August 15, 1918Birth year is per Social Security Death Index Interactive Search a Other cited references report different years, including 1921 and 1931. All agree on the month and date. – February 25, 2006) was an American violi ...

Bert Kaempfert Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the musi ...

(1959; on his ''April In Portugal'' album)

References

Songs about Portugal 1956 singles 1956 songs {{1950s-single-stub