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America, Kramer's version reached No. 47 on the
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Warwick - Chart History - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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Hit Maker!: Burt
Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits
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Hit Maker!: Burt
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and as a single. According to writer Serene
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Warwick - Chart History - Adult Contemporary
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997:"Trains And Boats And Planes" (7" Vinyl, Single)
925:, August 7, 1965. p. 18. Accessed June 9, 2016.
817:"Trains and Boats and Planes", cover versions,
862:(1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 433.
949:Dionne Warwick - Chart History - The Hot 100
189:. His version was issued on the 1965 album
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541:A1: "Trains and Boats and Planes" – 2:46
476:I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
1010:"RPM Top 100 Singles - August 15, 1966"
756:. Music Sales Group. pp. 140–141.
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807:. Retrieved 10 February 2015
319:"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
183:Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa
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179:Only Love Can Break a Heart
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858:Betts, Graham (2004).
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709:First Songs
688:Dinah Shore
680:The Shadows
427:Producer(s)
212:, producer
208:studios in
175:Gene Pitney
158:the Dakotas
1106:1965 songs
1090:Categories
999:at Discogs
730:References
696:Fred Frith
668:Chet Baker
346:Bell Sound
273:CHUM Chart
238:Alma Cogan
210:Manchester
1074:April 15,
1068:Billboard
1049:Billboard
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649:Billboard
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613:Billboard
591:position
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509:Billboard
505:Billboard
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417:Hal David
262:Billboard
164:in 1966.
150:Hal David
133:Hal David
702:(2003),
698:(1997),
694:(1969),
670:(1966),
332:Recorded
324:Released
88:May 1965
85:Released
20:EP, see
16:For the
837:Discogs
615:Hot 100
525:chart.
480:(1966)
471:(1966)
462:(1966)
396:Scepter
181:" and "
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374:Length
341:Studio
314:B-side
292:Single
242:French
115:London
71:B-side
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589:Peak
366:soul
335:1966
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