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Soon, the Ames Brothers were the top paid group in nightclubs and supper clubs everywhere and their popularity on television was nationwide. In 1956, they starred in their own syndicated TV program, The Ames Brothers Show, sponsored by RC Cola and broadcast on Friday nights. It was the first syndicated TV show to be broadcast in foreign countries.
Edmund Dantes Urick (July 9, 1927 – May 21, 2023), known professionally as Ed Ames or Eddie Ames, was an American pop singer and actor. [1] He was known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his Easy Listening number #1 hits of the mid-to-late 1960s including "My Cup Runneth Over", "Time, Time", and "When the Snow Is on the Roses".
Destination Moon, a 1951 song composed by Marvin Fisher with lyrics by Roy Alfred, performed by the Ames Brothers, Deborah Cox, and others Destination Moon , a 1958 album by the Ames Brothers Destination: Moon / Angelica's Birthday , a 1994 episode of the animated TV series Rugrats
Ed Ames, a member of the Ames Brothers singing quartet who starred in TV series “Daniel Boone” in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 95. Ed Ames and his brothers Vic ...
Another version was heard during the main titles at the beginning of the film and was a hit for the Ames Brothers. There have been other cover versions of the song. The song's title served as the inspiration for Berry Gordy's first record label. In 1959, Gordy set up a new record company, and wanted to call it "Tammy Records" after the song ...
Dean Martin, Alma Cogan and the McGuire Sisters covered the song in 1955, as well as Ray Charles in 1964 and the Statler Brothers in the 1990s. In 2004, The Four Lads performed it with Ed Ames on the PBS made for TV special, Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop. In 2007, The Roches recorded a version on their album Moonswept.
The Ames Brothers version was recorded on December 5, 1949. The recording was released by Coral Records as catalog number 60140. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 20, 1950, and lasted for 27 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 3.
A recording by The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra and chorus was made at Manhattan Center, New York City on May 16, 1953. It was released by RCA Victor as catalog number 20-5325A (in US) [1] and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 105431.