- A Guy Is a Guy
"A Guy Is a Guy" is a popular
song written byOscar Brand . It was published in 1952.The song originated in a British song, "I Went to the Alehouse (A Knave Is a Knave)," dating from
1719 . DuringWorld War II , soldiers sang a bawdy song based on "A Knave Is a Knave," entitled "A Gob Is a Slob." Oscar Brand cleaned up the lyrics, and wrote this song based on it.The best-known version of the song, recorded by
Doris Day , charted in 1952. The recording was recorded onFebruary 7 , 1952 and released byColumbia Records as catalog number 39673. The flip side was "Who Who Who". The song first entered the Billboard Best-Selling Records chart onMarch 7 , 1952 and lasted 19 weeks, peaking at #4 on the chartcite book
last = Whitburn
first = Joel
authorlink = Joel Whitburn
title = Top Pop Records 1940-1955
publisher = Record Research
location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
year = 1973 ] . (According to some sources [cite book
title=Hit Records 1950-1975
last= Lonergan
first= David
publisher= Scarecrow Press
location=Lanham, Maryland
date=2004-01-28| isbn= 978-0810851290 ] , the song reached #1 on the chart.)The song was also recorded by
Ella Fitzgerald in 1951, and byAustralia n singer June Miller, with Les Welch and his orchestra, in May, 1952, although Doris Day's version was actually #1 on the Australian charts.External references
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