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"The Thing" is a novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean, which was successful and broadcast frequently during 1950. It is probably derived from the English bawdy folk song "The Chandler's Wife", which derived its tune from the earlier English folk song "The Lincolnshire Poacher". The song was recorded by Phil Harris on October 13, 1950, and released as a 78 rpm by RCA Victor with catalog number 20-3968. The record first scored the Billboard chart on November 17, 1950. It lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one.

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rdfs:comment	"The Thing" is a novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean, which was successful and broadcast frequently during 1950. It is probably derived from the English bawdy folk song "The Chandler's Wife", which derived its tune from the earlier English folk song "The Lincolnshire Poacher". The song was recorded by Phil Harris on October 13, 1950, and released as a 78 rpm by RCA Victor with catalog number 20-3968. The record first scored the Billboard chart on November 17, 1950. It lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cashbox (magazine) Sammy Kaye Billboard (magazine) Decca Records Howard Hawks Patti Page Peter Bogdanovich Charles Randolph Grean 1950 songs Novelty songs Number-one singles in the United States Columbia Records Saint Peter Chicago Coin Novelty song The Last Picture Show The Tennessee Waltz The Thing from Another World The Wild Blue Yonder (1951 film) London Records Hell Pearly gates 1951 in music List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1950 ABC Records Adam West Fictional objects Danny Kaye Harbour Lights (song) The Lincolnshire Poacher Have a Smile with Me Teresa Brewer Arthur Godfrey Kidsongs Songs written by Charles Randolph Grean Hobo The Ames Brothers Phil Harris RCA Victor Ray Charles List of number-one hits (United States) Collier's Weekly Best Sellers in Stores The Marvelous Toy
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after	"The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page (en)
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title	Cashbox (magazine) List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1950 U.S. Billboard Best Sellers in Stores number-one single (en)
years	0001-12-02 (xsd:gMonthDay) 1950-12-16 (xsd:date)
has abstract	"The Thing" is a novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean, which was successful and broadcast frequently during 1950. It is probably derived from the English bawdy folk song "The Chandler's Wife", which derived its tune from the earlier English folk song "The Lincolnshire Poacher". The song was recorded by Phil Harris on October 13, 1950, and released as a 78 rpm by RCA Victor with catalog number 20-3968. The record first scored the Billboard chart on November 17, 1950. It lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. Other versions were recorded by Arthur Godfrey, The Ames Brothers, Danny Kaye, Kidsongs, Ray Charles, Teresa Brewer, Adam West, and Australian orchestra leader Les Welch. The Arthur Godfrey recording was made during November 1950 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39068. The Danny Kaye recording was made on December 1, 1950, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 27350. The Ray Charles recording was made on July 13, 1963, and released by ABC-Paramount Records on the album Have a Smile with Me, as catalog number ABC 495 (mono) / ABCS 495 (stereo). The Teresa Brewer recording was made during October 1950, and released by London Records as catalog number 873. The Les Welch recording was made during January 1951 and released by Pacific Records, an Australian company, as catalog number 10-0051. Bill Buchanan recorded a cover version, which featured his voice sounding like a chipmunk in a fast track vocal. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Ames Brothers 1950 in music Charles Randolph Grean December 1950 List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1950s Novelty song Loring Buzzell List of Billboard number-one singles from 1950 to 1958 List of Billboard number-one singles of 1950

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