Juke Box Baby

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"Juke Box Baby"
Single by Perry Como
A-side "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"
ReleasedFebruary 1956 (1956-02)
RecordedFebruary 2, 1956
Genre Pop
Length2:21
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
Perry Como singles chronology
"(There's No Place Like (Home for the Holidays)"
(1955)
"Juke Box Baby"
(1956)
"More"
(1956)

"Juke Box Baby" is a song written by Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman and performed by Perry Como. It reached #10 on the U.S. pop chart and #22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956. [1]

Contents

Background

The single features The Ray Charles Singers and Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and was arranged by Joe Reisman. [2]

Other versions

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References

  1. "Perry Como, "Juke Box Baby" Chart Positions" . Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  2. "Perry Como, "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" Single Release" . Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. "Sid Phillips and His Band, "Juke Box Baby - Quick-Step" Single Release" . Retrieved July 17, 2018.