1954
TEACH ME TONIGHT * DINAH WASHINGTON * MERCURY 70497 * USA
Voted 'Buy O' the Week' on December 4th's 'Record Roundup in Billboard magazine amongst some extremely tuff competition which included, The Penguins: Earth Angel and White Christmas by The Drifters! The song, written by: Gene De Paul, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics, was first recorded by The De Castro Sisters (from Cuba!) in 1954, and was originally put out as the B side. Dinah Washington's beautiful cover version was one of four that came out on the back of the incredible success of The De Castro Sisters, who's version sold a reputed 5 million copies and spent 20 weeks on the Billboards Pop chart.
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