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In the United Kingdom, a recording of "Heartaches" by Vera Lynn was the most successful and the song impacted the sheet music chart from July to October 1947, peaking at number 10. [15] The song features in the 1947 film of the same title. [16] In January 1948, Billboard listed the Ted Weems version of "Heartaches" as 1947's third biggest ...
Other radio markets began playing the song, prompting Decca to press new copies. [21] Since the Weems orchestra had also recorded "Heartaches" for Victor, that company decided to re-release its own version of the song. Both labels shared credit on the charts. "Heartaches" topped the Hit Parade on April 19, 1947; nine years after it was recorded.
William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two record companies within five years.
Most-Played Juke Box Records – ranked the most-played songs in jukeboxes across the United States, as reported by machine operators. Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.
The song has been a staple of his live set ever since and is included on many of his live releases. A sample of "My Woman", recorded by Bowlly with Lew Stone in November 1932, appeared on White Town's UK chart topper "Your Woman" (1997). Al Bowlly’s rendition of the song “Guilty” was used in the Jean-Pierre Jeunet film, Amélie (2001).
Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia.He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles.
Vaughn Monroe had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947. Eddy Howard had three songs on the top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1947 according to retail sales.
The song was a tie-in with the 1946 Paramount film, To Each His Own, which brought Academy Awards for Olivia de Havilland and screenwriter Charles Brackett. The recording by Howard was released by Majestic Records as catalog number 7188 and 1070. It first reached the Billboard chart on July 11, 1946 and spent a total of 19 weeks on the chart. [6]