Fact #126661
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Short story:
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, from the film of the same name, by Patti Page enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No8.
Full article:
Bob Johnston (producer) : I went to see a bunch of movie people in Hollywood and got this song called Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and we recorded it. I went to see Seymour Poe, who worked with (Darryl F.) Zanuck, and told him that there were seven other records out on this song - which wasn't unusual in those days - but that Columbia would get behind Patti Page doing it, and there'd likely be an Academy Award nomination in it.
He said, "You've got two minutes." I put the record on his turntable, and you could see the opening string parts really got to him. Thirty seconds into the song, I pulled the needle off the record and he said, "What are you doing?" I said, "Your two minutes are up." He says, "I'll call you Monday." I said, "You'll call me later today." He did, and that became a big record.
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He said, "You've got two minutes." I put the record on his turntable, and you could see the opening string parts really got to him. Thirty seconds into the song, I pulled the needle off the record and he said, "What are you doing?" I said, "Your two minutes are up." He says, "I'll call you Monday." I said, "You'll call me later today." He did, and that became a big record.