*First line is the artist name. 1960. This song was originally released in 1927. This artist recorded it right after getting out of the Army. After the second take, he said, "Throw it out, I can't do it any justice." They persuaded him to do it once more. The third time was the recorded version. It hit #1 and became a classic forever associated with him. When he died at age 42 in 1977, a lot of radio stations played this.