1946 HITS ARCHIVE: Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle (Marjorie Hughes, vocal) (a #1 record)

Oh! What It Seemed To Be (Benjamin-Weiss-Carle) by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra, vocal by Marjorie Hughes

Posting all four top-5 charted versions of this major ballad hit (see also Frank Sinatra, Charlie Spivak and Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest). This post by the song’s co-writer Carle was the really big one...spending 11 weeks atop the juke box rankings and 6 at #1 in record sales. Vocalist Marjorie Hughes (Carle’s daughter) would also be featured later that year on another blockbuster hit for the band, “Rumors Are Flying.”

THE 1946 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1946 (some were recorded in 1945) via sales, sheet music, radio exposure, and juke box play.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.

humoresque,bob moke,ridin' high,one more tomorrow,sunrise serenade,the45prof,twelfth street rag,musicprof78,rumors are flying,marjorie hughes,midnight masquerade,oh what it seemed to be,the78prof,big band,lover's lullaby,rick colom collection,beg your pardon,frankie carle,