1944 HITS ARCHIVE: Long Ago (And Far Away) - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

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Long Ago (And Far Away) (Kern-Gershwin) by Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes, orchestra conducted by Camarata

The Oscar-nominated Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin ballad from “Cover Girl” was among 1944’s most popular song hits. All four top-10 charted recordings of it are included in this year’s collection, with this duet (the first of several Forrest-Haymes pairings for Decca) leading the way with a #2 chart peak. See also Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby and Perry Como.

THE 1944 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1944 via sales, sheet music, juke box play, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. You’ll note that due to the long-running ‘recording ban’ (musician’s union strike against the record companies), quite a number of this year’s best-sellers were recordings made back in 1942 or earlier. .
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