Anywhere I Wander

Anywhere I Wander

"Anywhere I Wander" is a popular song.

It was written by Frank Loesser. The song was published in 1951. It was introduced by Danny Kaye in the musical film "Hans Christian Andersen".

The best-known recording, by Julius La Rosa, was released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1230. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 31, 1953 and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. [cite book
last = Whitburn
first = Joel
authorlink = Joel Whitburn
title = Top Pop Records 1940-1955
publisher = Record Research
year = 1973 ] It was Cadence's first single, and also La Rosa's first recording. The catalog number, 1230, is derived from La Rosa's birthday, January 2, 1930. [cite web
url = http://www.bsnpubs.com/cadence/cadencestory.html
title = Archie and the Metronome: The Cadence Records Story
accessmonthday = May 1
accessyear = 2007
author = Mike Callahan
coauthors = David Edwards
date = 2005-10-24
quote = "LaRosa noted later that the number for the first issue was not an even number like 1200 because they just used his birthday as the record number (he was born 1/2/30)." ]

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