Where Will the Dimple Be?

"Where Will the Dimple Be?"
Single by Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen
B-side	"Brahms' Lullaby (Close Your Eyes)"
Released	March 12, 1955 (1955-03-12)
Recorded	January 13, 1955
Genre	Pop
Length	2:22
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill
Producer(s)	The Buddy Cole Quartet, The Mellomen
Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen singles chronology
"Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)" (1955) "Where Will the Dimple Be?" (1955) "Love Among the Young" (1955)

"Where Will the Dimple Be?" is a 1955 single by Rosemary Clooney supported by the Buddy Cole Quartet, the Mellomen, and the bass solo of Thurl Ravenscroft, about a pregnant wife speculating where her baby's dimple will be. Clooney recorded the song on January 13, 1955, ^[1] just weeks before the birth of her son Miguel Ferrer on February 7, 1955. ^[2] The song was also covered by Alma Cogan ^[3] and Lorrae Desmond (with Bob Sharples and His Music, and The Melodaires). ^[4]

The Clooney version did not chart in the USA despite Billboard magazine of March 12, 1955 saying "The sales curve on this disk is also showing a fine upward slope after little more than 10 days in the field" but it was very popular in the UK where it reached No. 6 in the charts in 1955 during a 15-week stay. ^[5]

References

1. Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 194. ISBN   978-0199798575.
2. Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN   978-0199798575.
3. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. July 1955. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
4. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
5. Roberts, David (2005). British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. p. 112. ISBN   1-904994-00-8.

• Frith, Simon (1990). On Record. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN   0-415-05306-4.