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is "a sad story – not a horror story" and "we counterpoint it with '(How Much Is) that Doggie in the Window'". However, due to licensing restrictions, Levine noted they had to use "another version of the recording": the game does not use Page's original 1952 overdubbed
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1744:27 February
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1339:Kill Screen
971:'s and the
965:RSO Records
958:Mickey Katz
956:version by
815:John Slater
799:Cilla Black
795:The Beatles
727:Producer(s)
719:Bob Merrill
560:John Waters
405:Joe Reisman
397:Bob Merrill
381:Bing Crosby
302:Bob Merrill
300:written by
241:Bob Merrill
1943:1952 songs
1892:Categories
1693:2021-07-05
1670:0819564338
1619:30 October
1558:30 October
1511:2021-07-05
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1161:2021-07-04
1118:29 October
1021:References
985:pseudonyms
895:Smash Hits
887:Merseyside
881:, home of
741:Background
660:March 1953
582:Ken Levine
375:Background
317:Patti Page
248:Patti Page
145:Patti Page
80:newspapers
1774:14 August
1639:Inductees
1412:The Times
1138:Billboard
947:Billboard
875:Liverpool
841:position
791:Liverpool
785:Reception
774:Dick Rowe
747:Ted Heath
733:Dick Rowe
649:Published
625:Lita Roza
574:Cold Case
490:Billboard
452:position
418:Billboard
360:Lita Roza
346:Billboard
337:flip side
27:1952 song
1807:Archived
1795:Archived
1768:Archived
1595:19389211
1456:Archived
1334:BioShock
1236:Archived
1048:(1973).
999:See also
977:Tim Rice
973:Bee Gees
949:Hot 100.
927:parodied
921:Parodies
665:Recorded
657:Released
592:BioShock
587:BioShock
548:—
420:magazine
399:penned "
352:Cash Box
313:recorded
306:New York
261:Conquest
173:Recorded
163:Released
110:May 2021
1844:Portals
1383:Discogs
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295:popular
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189:Novelty
94:scholar
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226:Oriole
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