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Trivia...3 X a million seller?
Posted: 29 May 2001 4:30 pm
by Donny Hinson
Here's a little trivia question for anyone that might be interested! This song was released 3 different times within the past 40 years. Each time was about 5 years apart, and each time, it sold over a million copies.
It is the only song to ever have done this!
Anyone care to guess???
(Hint #1...it ain't no country song)
Posted: 29 May 2001 5:51 pm
by Larry Miller
Hey Donnie I'm just guessing.....Unchained Melody? Roy Hamilton, Righteous Bros. 2 Times Larry<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Larry Miller on 29 May 2001 at 06:53 PM.]</p></FONT>
Posted: 29 May 2001 6:27 pm
by Janice Brooks
Right song but the original was 1955 from Al
Hibbler
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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047
Posted: 29 May 2001 6:47 pm
by Donny Hinson
Nope! Guess I didn't make it real clear...but this song was released three times by the same artist.
Posted: 29 May 2001 8:56 pm
by Ricky Davis
Fulsom Prison Blues?
Posted: 30 May 2001 2:56 am
by Larry Miller
White Christmas...Bing Crosby
Posted: 30 May 2001 6:50 am
by ajm
It was released 3 times in the last 40 years, with each time 5 years apart?
Does that mean that the time period between the first and last release is 10 years?
I may need to have the 10 year window narrowed down.
Posted: 30 May 2001 7:38 am
by Donny Hinson
(Hint #2...'60s and '70s timeframe)
Definitely not a Christmas song!
Posted: 30 May 2001 10:10 am
by Dave Van Allen
"New York, New York" - Sinatra
?
Posted: 30 May 2001 12:27 pm
by Donny Hinson
Nope...not even close.
Posted: 30 May 2001 1:45 pm
by Graham
"My Way", either Elvis or Sinatra.
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ICQ 614585
http://users.interlinks.net/rebel/steel/steel.html
Posted: 30 May 2001 4:14 pm
by erik
Was it perhaps done by two different Motown artists, and another?
Posted: 30 May 2001 4:16 pm
by erik
Was it a song that was rereleased by the same artist because it was in a movie?
Posted: 30 May 2001 5:24 pm
by Donny Hinson
Nope and nope!
(Hint #3...this was the ONLY hit song this artist ever recorded!)
Posted: 30 May 2001 11:51 pm
by erik
Macarthur Park? LOL
Posted: 31 May 2001 7:45 am
by Donny Hinson
Nope!
(Hint #4...this singer appeared as a guest star on the Steve Allen Show, also I've Got A Secret, and he's appeared on Crook & Chase, and Prime Time Country, as well!)
(Hint #5...this isn't a movie theme song, but the song's been featured in 12 movies, and as many TV shows, as well.)
Any more guesses?
Tomorrow will bring the last 2 hints, and then it should ring a bell for someone!
Posted: 31 May 2001 8:05 am
by Ray Jenkins
Henson Cargill? "Skip A Rope"? As good a guess as anybody else's
Ray
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Posted: 31 May 2001 8:16 am
by Ed Kuhns
"War" by Edwin Starr?
Posted: 31 May 2001 8:33 am
by Leigh Howell
Was it, "I cant stop Loving You"?Geeeez!! now I cant wait to find out what it was!
Leigh
Posted: 31 May 2001 10:04 am
by Slim Lattimer
It was either Allen Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
or Herb Alpert's "A Taste of Honey"...no, wait a minute... I think it was "They're Coming To Take Me Away" ha ha......
Posted: 31 May 2001 10:58 am
by Roger Kelly
Was it Tony Bennett?
Posted: 31 May 2001 12:31 pm
by Donny Hinson
Looks like Slim's on the right track.
Posted: 31 May 2001 1:19 pm
by Slim Lattimer
OK, now I've got it! The song was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Another great instrumental for steel guitar.
Posted: 31 May 2001 2:57 pm
by Janice Brooks
No The Lion Sleeps Tonight was out in 1962 by the Tokens
and 1973(?) by Robert John
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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047
Posted: 31 May 2001 7:58 pm
by David Weaver
Misty..Johnny Mathis ?
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