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In 1953, she recorded a collection of saucy songs for the De Luxe label, including "Jose Is Living the Life of Riley" ("since Riley is out of town!"). Later in the year, she wrote, sang, and published a mainstream novelty hit, "Dear Mr. Godfrey," a song about
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