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William Vaughn, popularly known as Billy Vaughn (born Richard Smith Vaughn, April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991) was an American musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.
Billy Vaughn released an instrumental version of the song which went to #5 on the U.S. pop chart in December 1957 and #1 in Germany and in Canada in 1957. [2] The following year, the song went #1 in Norway and made #4 in Australia. [3] It ranked #6 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1958. [4]
In 1962, the same year as the release of the original, Billy Vaughn recorded the song "A Swingin' Safari" as a cover; his version reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart that summer. [7] On Cash Box, the song peaked at No. 11. [8]
The song was released again by Billy Vaughn on an album of that name in 1962, with the voices of the Ray Conniff Singers and again with narration by Ken Nordine. [5] Over the years it has been recorded by many artists, including Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Walter Brennan, Lorne Greene, and Eamonn Andrews.
"Raunchy" is an instrumental by American rock and roll artist Bill Justis, co-written with Sidney Manker and produced by Sam Phillips. [1] The tune, from the album Cloud 9, was released as a single on the record label Phillips International Records, a sub-label of Sun Records, on September 23, 1957.
They later added a pianist, Billy Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991). Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. Vaughn was eventually to become famous in his own right as an orchestra leader. In 1952, they recorded a song, "Trying", written by Vaughn. [1] A local disc jockey sent a copy to Randy Wood at Dot, and he agreed to distribute ...
"Trying" is a song written by Billy Vaughn and performed by The Hilltoppers. It reached number 5 on the Cashbox chart and number 7 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in 1952. [1] The single ranked number 29 on Billboard's year-end top 30 singles of 1952. [2]
Billy Vaughn's version was a No. 1 hit in Germany for 14 weeks in 1961, [24] and in Argentina for 3 weeks. In the US, it reached No. 28. The Dutch group The Jumping Jewels had a number-one hit single in the Netherlands with their version in 1961. [25] Johnny Duncan released a vocal version with lyrics by Johnny Flamingo in 1963. [26]