April In Portugal (Ferrao) by Les Baxter & his Orchestra

Posting all four versions of “April In Portugal” that reached the Billboard top-20 singles sales charts in 1953. This Baxter instrumental was the big one....five months charted, peaked at #2. See also Vic Damone, Richard Hayman, and Freddy Martin.

Ref: Asteroid City

THE 1953 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 1953 (some were recorded in 1952). .
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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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