"Suspicion" is a 1948 song co-written by

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 ...

and recorded by Les Paul with Fos Carling. The song was released as a single.

Background

"Suspicion" was written by Les Paul and Foster Carling in 1947. The song was released as a 78 single on

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, 5133, Matrix #1747, under the name Fos Carling accompanied by Rhubarb Red, a pseudonym for Les Paul, as part of the Mercury Popular Series in 1948. The vocals were by Fos Carling and Les Paul. The flip side of the single featured "My Extraordinary Gal" by The Les Paul Trio with Clancy Hayes on vocals. The song was published by Deerhaven Music. Les Paul had also co-written the song "You Can't Be Fit as a Fiddle (When You're Tight as a Drum)" with Foster Carling for

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Other recordings

The song was also recorded in a hit version by

Tex Williams Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held th ...

and his Western Caravan on Capitol Americana as 40109, Matrix #2897Y, in 1948. The Tex Williams single reached no. 4 on the ''Billboard'' country music chart in 1948.

Ray Noble Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 2 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United ...

and his Orchestra also released the song as a 78 single on

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as 38146. The vocals were by Ray Noble and The Noblemen. The Ray Noble recording was also released as a 78 single in the UK as FB 3475 on the Columbia label.

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also recorded the song in 1947 with

Paul Weston Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein; March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the F ...

's Mountain Boys and released it as a Capitol 78 single, 15068. The single reached no. 23 on the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart in May, 1948 in a one-week run.Jo Stafford - Suspicion/Clabberin' Up For Rain. Discogs.
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Album appearances

The song appeared on the 1996 Capitol Nashville album ''Tex Williams: Vintage Collections Series'', the 2001 album on the Capitol Collectors' Choice Music label ''Jo Stafford:

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'', and the 2007 compilation ''Jo Stafford: Ultimate Capitol Collection'' on EMI.

References

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Sources

*Jacobson, Bob. ''Les Paul: Guitar Wizard''. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012. *Shaughnessy, Mary Alice. ''Les Paul: An American Original''. New York: W. Morrow, 1993. *Wyckoff, Edwin Brit. ''Electric Guitar Man: The Genius of Les Paul. Genius at Work!'' Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 2008. Les Paul songs 1948 songs 1948 singles Novelty songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Les Paul