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favored the Ferrer recording). Desmond also recorded several versions of songs that did not chart but became hits for other singers: for example, "
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1039:Don Cornell
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559:Desert Hell
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2404:Crosstown
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1130:"The Zoo"
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500:Too Young
437:Alan Dale
379:BBC Radio
335:War years
276:Biography
226:1939–1972
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2554:Up Swing
2495:Perfidia
1237:(10" LP)
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243:Columbia
175:Michigan
3114:Related
2629:Members
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