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of the Gibbs' version by the following morning with regular jockey copies being shipped out Friday 5 August 1955. Neither version of the song would reach the Top Ten. Gibbs' version had the higher chart peak at #14 but it was the rough voiced Briggs, whose version peaked at #18 and sold over a
233:(我要你的愛 "Wo Yao Ni de Ai" meaning "I Want Your Love") and English in the late 1950s. There was another rendition of the song in a classic 1958 Tamil movie 86:, Greenwich's version reached #83 in the spring of 1967, marking her only US chart appearance as a recording artist apart from her singles with 422: 308: 82:'s rock and roll shows, chose "I Want You to Be My Baby" as the song to launch her career as a solo recording artist. Produced by 279: 62:
in August 1955 to cut "I Want You to Be My Baby" that same afternoon. New York City disc jockeys were provided with
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reached #50 on the R&B chart with their remake of "I Want You to Be My Baby".
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In the summer of 1955, "I Want You to Be My Baby" was remade as the debut disc by
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in 1960, with the title “Tu lei lui voi noi”, sung by Wilma De Angelis and
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The song became a UK Top 40 hit in the autumn of 1968 via a recording by
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Let the Good Times Roll: the story of Louis Jordan & his music
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whose recording, made on May 28, 1953, was released that autumn.
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processing plant, which stopped the pressing of discs.
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charted. In February 1956, the British music magazine
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Index

jump blues
Jon Hendricks
Louis Jordan
Lillian Briggs
cover version
Georgia Gibbs
Hugo & Luigi
Massachusetts
New York City
acetates
Ellie Greenwich
Alan Freed
Bob Crewe
The Raindrops
Billie Davis
Ready Steady Go!
Michael Aldred
Mike Vickers
Madeline Bell
Kiki Dee
Doris Troy
the Moody Blues
Decca
the Jyve Fyve
Annie Ross
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Tony Crombie
Don Lang
NME
banned

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