Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)

Album: Collection (1942)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Charles Tobias, Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Collections Publishing

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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1942 {May 23rd} Glenn Miller's "Don' Sit Under The Apple Tree" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's 'National Best-Selling Retail Records' chart, for the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of National Best-Selling Singles Top 10 on May 23rd, 1942:
    At #3. "Jersey Bounce" by Benny Goodman
    #4. "Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James
    #5. "Who Wouldn't Love You" by Kay Kyser
    #6. "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" by Russ Morgan
    #7. "One Dozen Roses" by Harry James
    #8. "Skylark" by Glenn Miller
    #9. "Miss You" by Bing Crosby
    #10. "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" by Harry James
    * Glenn Miller's "Don' Sit Under The Apple Tree" featured Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke & the Modernaires...
  • Charles Hollingswort from Leeds, AlTo Alex in London:this song was sung by the Andrews Sisters(Patty,Maxene and LaVerne Andrews)in the 1941 movie starring Bud Abbot and Lou Costello and was entitled "Buck Privates"
  • Reg from Kemptville, On, -Great harmonies!
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