Comes A-Long A-Love

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"Comes A-Long A-Love"
Single by Kay Starr
with Orchestra Conducted by Harold Mooney
B-side "Three Letters"
PublishedJune 9, 1952
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1952
RecordedAugust 19, 1952
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:25
Label Capitol Records
Songwriter(s) Al Sherman

"Comes A-Long A-Love" was a hit single for American singer Kay Starr. The song was released in 1952 and was written by the former Tin Pan Alley songwriter Al Sherman. The melody was adapted from the final part of the overture to Gioachino Rossini's opera Semiramide . [1] [2] "Comes A-Long A-Love" was the last hit song Sherman would write, before handing the reins over to his sons, Bob and Dick Sherman, who were just beginning their songwriting careers. The song was first published on June 9, 1952. [3]

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Kay Starr version

The hit recording by Kay Starr, with orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney, was made for Capitol on August 19, 1952. [4] In 1963, Starr recorded it again for The Fabulous Favorites, a stereo album of her greatest hits, which was released by Capitol on June 1, 1964. [5]

Chart performance

On September 27, 1952, Starr's version of "Comes A-Long A-Love" charted on the Billboard Best Selling Pop Singles chart, where it reached No. 9. [6] Outside, the US, the track also topped the then fledgling UK Singles Chart in January 1953 for a week, becoming only the third chart topper in that listing. The song was the first singles chart No. 1 not to also reach that position on the UK's sheet music charts. It entered that listing on December 20, 1952, and peaked at No. 6. Starr's recording was the first version to be issued in the UK, in October 1952, and the only other recordings of the song available in the UK besides hers were by British acts: The Tanner Sisters and Harry Farmer (Hammond organ). [7] [8] [9] Starr's was the only rendition to make the UK singles sales chart, first appearing on the December 5, 1952 listing and peaking at No. 1 in its eighth week on chart. [10]

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The discography of American singer Kay Starr contains 18 studio albums, 18 compilation albums, one live album, 87 singles, 12 other charting songs and one additional album appearance. Starr's first singles were released in collaboration with the Ben Pollack Orchestra. She signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and had her first chart record in 1948 with "You Were Only Foolin' ". It reached number 16 on the American Billboard pop music chart. It was followed the same year by her first top ten pop single "So Tired". In 1950, "Bonaparte's Retreat" reached the top five of the Billboard pop chart. Starr reached the top five again with "Hoop-Dee-Doo" and "I'll Never Be Free".

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