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I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)

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67:, Stanley Green reported that “because Anderson believed that the best songs are created under pressure he locked Sullivan in a room with a piano and threatened to keep him in there until he came up with a potential hit. When finally liberated, the composer had written the most successful number in the show. The song was introduced by singer 188: 147: 114: 39: 316: 735: 418: 296: 710: 306: 173: 48: 434: 225: 330: 203: 99:
and His Five Pennies (with vocal chorus), recorded on October 24, 1929, for Brunswick Records, catalog. No. 4500.
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Al Katz and His Kittens, recorded August 30, 1929 for Columbia Records, catalog No. 1971D.
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on Broadway in 1929. It is said that the song was written on-demand for
106:, recorded November 26, 1929 for Victor Records, catalog. No. 22226. 84:) - recorded August 23, 1929 for Victor Records (catalog No. 22105). 125:- a single release for Columbia Records, catalog No. 37140. (1946) 509: 23: 215:
Count Basie & The Mills Brothers – The Board Of Directors
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and the Swing Wing for Mercury Records, catalog No. 1205A.
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Index

popular
song
Henry Sullivan
Harry Ruskin
music publisher
Ager, Yellen, and Bornstein, Inc
1929
Murray Anderson's Almanac
Erlanger's Theatre
John Murray Anderson
Jimmy Savo
Frank Luther
Libby Holman
Red Nichols
Franklyn Baur
Judy Garland
Command Performance
Dinah Shore
Frankie Laine
Milton Delugg
Doris Day
Harry James
Young Man with a Horn
Columbia
Frank Rosolino
The Four Freshmen
Four Freshmen and Five Saxes
Bing Crosby
Rosemary Clooney
radio show

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