Woody Wood-Pecker (Tibbles-Idriss) by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, vocal by Gloria Wood (with Harry Babbitt)

Like Mickey Mouse before him, and Tweety & Sylvester after, animated movie star Woody Woodpecker was immortalized in popular song. Kyser’s recording spent six weeks atop the national sales listings and featured on vocal both Gloria Wood and (an unbilled) Harry Babbitt. The Walter Lantz character was also given a Mel Blanc treatment in the popular Sportsmen version of the song for Capitol and a Danny Kaye-Andrews Sisters release on Decca. Other Kyser hits included in the 1948 collection are “Serenade Of The Bells” and the final hit for the band, “On A Slow Boat To China.”

THE 1948 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1948 (some were recorded in 1947). .
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: [ Ссылка ] ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!

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