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At the beginning of the show, the talent's order of appearance was determined by spinning a wheel. After it was announced how many episodes the current one marked (the final broadcast on CBS being the 1,651st), the wheel was spun. As the wheel spun, the words "Round and round she goes, and where she stops nobody knows" were always intoned.
"Round and Round" is a popular song by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman published in 1956. [1] A version of the song was recorded by Perry Como for RCA Victor on January 15, 1957 [ 2 ] and was a big hit that year.
The lyrics "Round and round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows" are a reference to the spinning wheel segment from The Original Amateur Hour. Speaking on The Howard Stern Show in June 2016, Miller said at first his record company Capitol Records did not see the potential hit it would become. "Capitol didn't believe in it and didn't ...
"'Round and 'Round (Merry Go 'Round of Love)", a 1988 song by Guy ... "Round & Round", a 1972 song by Edgar Winter from the album They Only Come Out at Night
The band signed with B&C records in 1969 after having one release ("Nervous Breakdown"/"Watch the Wheels Go Round") on Major Minor, also in 1969, and following a successful tour with Gene Vincent during 1969, bassist Mitch Mitchell left the band to be replaced by Rod Cotter. When Cotter left his spot was filled by Keith Read.
In August that year, the song topped the Billboard Easy Listening chart for two weeks. [3] It was also a crossover hit, reaching No.45 on the US R&B chart. "Spinning Wheel" was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 1970 ceremony, winning in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement. The arranger for the song was the band's saxophonist, Fred ...
In DTV, the Tommy Dorsey version of the song was set entirely to the Donald Duck short Donald and the Wheel (1961) with a bit of Trombone Trouble (1944) for the lyrics "Oh you / I blow through here." In 1992, the song was used as the soundtrack for a very popular, long-running stop-motion animated UK TV commercial for Weetabix Ltd 's Weetos ...
The tune was ranked number 51 on VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s [13] and was named the 61st best hard rock song of all time also by VH1. [14] In March 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Round and Round" at number 20 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list. [15]