
It charted in 1955 and spent six weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at position number 16. recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 29541. It charted in 1943, spending a week at number 10 on the Billboard chart. The Margaret Whiting recording (with the Freddie Slack Orchestra, which got top billing on the label) was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 126.It charted in 1943, spending 14 weeks on the Billboard magazine charts, peaking at position number 1 for the week of May 29. The release was Glenn Miller's last number-1 hit. Glenn Miller recorded the song on July 15, 1942. The vocals were by Skip Nelson and the Modernaires. The Glenn Miller recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1523-A, with "A Pink Cocktail For a Blue Lady" as the B side.Mercer recalled wanting to write a song about magic, and while composing, asking Arlen to write more music so the song could go on longer, but that they still wrote the whole song in about three hours. Garland recorded the song for Decca Records in 1942. Mercer wrote the lyrics with Judy Garland in mind, who was, on occasion, an intimate partner. These were kindly shared with us by Christine Jones.The song was published in 1942 and has become an often-recorded standard, with versions that include the original single release by Glenn Miller, by the singers Margaret Whiting, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Mercer himself, and others. area, should make this a good fig to try in more northerly latitudes. Amato's cold hardiness, as proven by its ability to apparently thrive and produce in the Washington, D.C. It has a medium to large eye and so may be best suited to drier climates.

Condit states that it produces both a fair breba crop and a decent primary crop of medium to large, black, violet, to green, turbinate, or flattened and with little or no neck, with a modereately rich, sweet flavor and an amber to strawberry flesh. Ira Condit's Figs: a Monograph he lists this variety as Royal with the synonyms: Obispo, Trojano di Napoli, Tassa Brown, and Geraci Black and suggests that it was imported several times and was given a variety of names. in the Octoissue of the Washington Times as fresh ripened figs seem to be almost unknown from that area at that time. Tassa's 25' high fig tree in Washington, D.C. This may be the heirloom fig Amato, sometimes incorrectly Amata, that was imported by Amato Tassa from Italy during his immigration from Italy.

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