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Title [A] Details Peak chart positions UK [1]Cara Mia: Released: February 1955; Label: Decca — David Whitfield Sings Tolchard Evans' Songs: Released: October 1955
The English singer David Whitfield first recorded the song with the Mantovani Orchestra in 1954. It made the charts in the United States, and in the UK was the first record to spend ten consecutive weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] Whitfield's version was one of the biggest selling British records in the pre-rock days. [2]
David Whitfield (2 February 1925 – 15 January 1980) [1] was a popular British male tenor vocalist from Hull. In November 1953 he became the first British male artist to have a number one single in the UK with " Answer Me " ( Lita Roza having had a number one with " (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? " in April that year). [ 2 ]
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"Mütterlein" was published on 19 April 1952. English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman, and the song was published as "Answer Me" in New York on 13 October 1953. [1] Contemporary recordings of the English lyric by Frankie Laine and David Whitfield both topped the UK Singles Chart in 1953. [2]
Poppa Piccolino" was a song recorded by Diana Decker which reached number 2 on the UK singles chart in December 1953. It was the only UK hit single for this British-based American-born singer and actress. It was later also recorded by Petula Clark, Mantovani and David Whitfield (with the first verse of "Funiculì, Funiculà "). [1] [2]
British singer David Whitfield also had a hit with the song, which reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1955. [6] The British lyrics did differ from the American ones. The song was re-arranged and re-written by Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner. [7] [8]
David Whitfield, Dickie Valentine and Ted Heath & His Music all peaked in the top ten with two more songs. Eddie Fisher had four other entries in his breakthrough year. The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.