Ralph Marterie

Ralph Marterie

Ralph Marterie (24 December 1914 - 10 October 1978) was a big-band leader born in Acerra, Italy. In the 1940s, he played trumpet for various bands. His highest success in the U.S. charts was a cover of "Skokiaan" in 1954. His recordings of "Pretend" and "Caravan" also made the top ten. In 1957, he hit #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Tricky", and in 1957 he hit #10 with "Shish-Kebab". [Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000]

Joel Whitburn's pop chart research books say that Marterie's version of "The Song Of Love" peaked at #84 for the week ending December 26, 1955. However, Billboard magazine did not put out an issue that week and Marterie never recorded this tune; the listing is in fact a copyright trap, to prevent others from stealing Whitburn's work.

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External links

* [http://nfo.net/usa/m1a.html#RMarterie Ralph Marterie on the Big Band database]
* [http://www.spaceagepop.com/marterie.htm Ralph Marterie on Space Age]
* [http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Ralph-Marterie.html Ralph Marterie on Oldies.com]


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