1943/1946 Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By

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With the great success of “Casablanca,” this old tune jumped to #1 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the Spring of ’43, but due to the ongoing ‘Recording Ban’ (musicians union strike) the only commercial 78s available to consumers at the time were reissues of two old 1931 recordings by the orchestras of Rudy Vallee https://youtu.be/ewKuIWedBJE and Jacques Renard https://youtu.be/1r_Hwurz7H8 .

Though Dooley Wilson had performed it as ‘Sam’ in the film, he was unable to capitalize on the moment and had to wait until 10½ months after the movie opened to make this recording, shortly after Decca settled with the union, but it remained unissued until early 1946. On the flip side was "Knock On Wood," also sung by him in the film: https://youtu.be/0pP35JXlC4U

78rpm single issued on Decca 40006 - As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) by Dooley Wilson with piano and rhythm, recorded in Los Angeles October 11, 1943 .
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