Your Hit Parade – First Song, Stop Beating Round The Mulberry Bush (#2). 381022

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With a shift to a 30 minute format, this musical show features comedian WC Fields, and Al Goodman’s orchestra.
Playlist:

  1. Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush, ranked: 2
  2. While a Cigarette Was Burning, ranked: 7
  3. I Know That You Know, a hit from 1926, leads into WC Fields loudly talking about his early vaudeville days. All he has to do is keep from mentioning the sponsor’s product. Hanley Stafford assists.
  4. At Long Last Love, ranked: 6 <;li>So Help Me, ranked: 5, and in it’s 8th week in the charts.
  5. The Lady in Red, a bonus track.
  6. WC Fields is back and is a Hollywood talent agent. He deals with a few eccentric office helpers. Besides Hanley Stafford, Walter Tetley makes an appearance.
  7. Alexanders Ragtime Band, ranked: 3. A song that had a hit in every decade in the first half of the 20th century.
  8. Change Partners, ranked: 4
  9. I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams, ranked: 1