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Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, [2] where his father, Alvis Radford Vaughn, was a barber who loved music and inspired Vaughn to teach himself to play the mandolin at the age of three, while suffering from measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments, including guitar and alto saxophone, his primary instruments.
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]
Theme from a Summer Place is a studio album released by Billy Vaughn in 1960 on Dot LP record DLP 3276 (mono) 25276 (stereo). The album topped Billboard's album charts in 1960 for two weeks, and stayed in the charts for a total of 62 weeks. [1]
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]
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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 ...
In 1958, the song was recorded under the title "A Wonderful Time Up There" by Pat Boone featuring Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra and Chorus. It reached #2 in the U.K. and #4 in the U.S., [1] and was featured on the 1959 album, Pat Boone Sings. [2] The recording was produced by Randy Wood. [3] and ranked #24 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 songs ...
Billy Vaughn covered "Here We Go Again" on his 1967 Ode to Billy Joe instrumental album, [111] as did Dean Martin on his 1970 album My Woman, My Woman, My Wife. [112] Glen Campbell's version appeared on his 1971 album The Last Time I Saw Her, [113] Eddy Arnold's on his 1972 album Lonely People, [114] and George Strait's on his 1992 album ...