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...mood (first mopey, then insistently desperate) of a lovelorn swain. It was a #1 hit for Paul Whiteman and had five other top-12 renditions in 1924. Twenty-four years later the song went to #22 for Nat Cole and #23 for Frank Sinatra. It was also a minor charter for Johnny Tillotson in 1962 - 38 years later...
...Marie," 1929. The dawn broke for this genial lilter with a waltz-time hit (#2) by Rudy Vallee. Then the moon in all its splendor shone on Berlin in 1937, when a Tommy Dorsey version, in swingin' 4/4 time, reached #1. It was also a #13 charter for the Four Tunes in 1953 and a #15 for the Bachelors in 1965 - 36 years after its first appearance...
...Crosby's hit was just the legendary beginning. His version returned to #1 in 1945 and 1947 and made it a top-30 charter in 14 subsequent Decembers. Sinatra?s rendition also had repeat visits to the top ten (#7 in 1944, #5 in 1945, #6 in 1946). The song worked for girl singers (Jo Stafford, #9 in 1946), for Nashville cats (Ernest Tubb, a #7 country charter in 1949) and for black artists. The Ravens had a #9 R&B hit in 1949, and Clyde McPhatter?s Drifters climbed to #2 R&B in 1954; this version, reissued...
...says travelers are driving short trips they might have flown in the past. Demand for charter planes is up as much as 27% since Sept. 11. And Southern Californians have been slipping over the border to Tijuana, of all places, in search of airline safety. That city's Rodriguez International Airport, which has added more armed guards in its terminals and randomly checks luggage of 1 of every 5 passengers, reports that traffic is up 19% since Sept. 11, with nervous Americans making up much of the increase...
Dixon formally submitted the charter to the City Council last summer and continues to advocate its major changes. He concedes that he does not expect to pass the proposed charter in its entirety, but says he expects that parts of the charter proposal will pass...