Wheel of Fortune (song)

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title = Wheel of Fortune
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writer = Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
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published = 1952
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language = English
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recorded_by = Many artists: see #Recorded versions
performed_by = "Wheel of Fortune" is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1952. It was popularized in 1952 by Kay Starr, and was also used as the theme to a television series of the same name. Kay Starr's recording of the song is featured prominently in the award-winning film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/"L.A. Confidential"] ( [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000436/ Curtis Hanson] , 1997).

Recorded versions

*The Barry Sisters (recorded in Yiddish, released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 25-5112, with the flip side "Channah From Havana" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/RCA255000.htm RCA Victor Records in the 25-5000 to 25-5157 series] ] )
*The Bell Sisters (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4520, with the flip side "Poor Whip-Poor-Will" [http://settlet.fateback.com/RCA204500.htm RCA Victor Records in the 20-4500 to 20-4999 series] ] )
*The Cardinals (recorded October 6, 1951, released by Atlantic Records as catalog number 958, with the flip side "Shouldn't I Know?" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Atlantic.htm Atlantic Records listing] ] )
*Frankie Carle (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4540, with the flip side "Be My Life's Companion")
*The Four Flames (recorded December 1951, released by Specialty Records as catalog number 423, with the flip side "Later" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Specialty.htm Specialty Records listing] ] )
*Ginny and the Gallions (released 1963 by Downey Records as catalog number 112, with the flip side "Hava Nagila" [ [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/t/top-rank-us.html Downey Records in the 101 to 142 series] ]
*Johnny Hartman (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4349, with the flip side "I'm Afraid" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/RCA204000.htm RCA Victor Records in the 20-4000 to 20-4499 series] ] )
*Helen Humes and Gerald Wiggins (recorded January 14, 1952, released by Decca Records as catalog number 48280, with the flip side "All Night Long" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Dec48000.htm Decca Records in the 48000 to 48282 series] ] )
*Sammy Kaye's Orchestra (recorded January 1952, released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39667, with the flip side "Goodbye Sweetheart" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/COL39500.htm Columbia Records in the 39500 to 39999 series] ] )
*Maurice King's Wolverines (recorded 1952, released by OKeh Records as catalog number 6868, with the flip side "Bermuda" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/OK6800.htm OKeh Records in the 6800 to 7096 series] ] )
*The Knightsbridge Strings (released 1959 by Top Rank Records as catalog number 2014, with the flip side "Cow Cow Boogie" [ [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/t/top-rank-us.html Top Rank Records in the 2000 to 3006 series] ]
*Skeets McDonald (released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1993, with the flip side "Love that Haunts Me So" [http://settlet.fateback.com/Capitol1500.htm Capitol Records in the 1500 to 1999 series] ] )
*Arthur Prysock (released by Decca Records as catalog number 27967, with the flip side "Till All the Stars Fall in the Ocean" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Dec27500.htm Decca Records in the 27500 to 27999 series] ] )
*Kay Starr (released by Capitol Records as catalog numbers 1677, with the flip side "Angry," and 1964, with the flip side "I Wanna Love You"; first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 8, 1952 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1cite book
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*Jimmy Thomason (recorded February 1952, released by King Records as catalog number 1051, with the flip side "Kiamish Choctaw Rose" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/King1000.htm King Records in the 1000 to 1496 series] ] )
*Dinah Washington (recorded January 1952, released by Mercury Records as catalog number 8267, with the flip side "Tell Me Why" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Merc080.htm Mercury Records in the 8000 to 8310 series] ] )
*Bobby Wayne with Joe Reisman's orchestra (released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5779, with the flip side "If I Heard the Heart of a Clown" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Merc055.htm Mercury Records in the 5500 to 5912 series] ] ; first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 15, 1952 and lasted 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. )
*Eddie Wilcox & Sunny Gale (released by Derby Records as catalog number 787, with the flip side "You Showed Me the Way" [ [http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/sgale.html "Remembering Sunny Gale" on The Interlude Era site] ] ; first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 1, 1952 and lasted 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14)
*Billy Williams Quartet (released by MGM Records as catalog number 11172, with the flip side "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/MGM11000.htm MGM Records in the 11000 to 11499 series] ] )

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