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To Each His Own (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans song)

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1679: 233:"Most Played" chart for August 24, 1946, and again on September 7, September 14 and October 5, all five versions appeared simultaneously in the Top Ten. While many popular songs of the pre-rock period had multiple hit versions – for example, "Dinah" had nine top ten covers over the years, and fifteen versions of " 307:
1946 was the first full year where Billboard ran its three main popular charts, "Best Selling", "Most Played Jukebox", and "Most Air Play". Each week in each section, 15 points were awarded for No. 1, 9 points for No. 2, 8 points for No. 3, and so on. There were no ties. The totals of all 3
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as catalog number 7188 and 1070, the single lasted 24 weeks on the chart, reaching the top spot on August 3 for eight weeks, and scoring number 1 single of 1946 The two Howard releases had different
1627: 237:" charted between 1916 and 1953 – according to its co-composer Ray Evans, "To Each His Own" is the only song to take up half the slots on the Top Ten at the same time. 299:. Reaching the charts on August 29, 1946, it remained on the chart for fourteen weeks, and topped it on September 21. This version also reached number three on the 261:
both had their versions debut on the chart on August 8, 1946, with each remaining on the chart for twelve weeks. While Freddy Martin, whose version was released by
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reached number one after debuting on the Most Played On the Air chart with his version of the song on July 6, 1946. Released by
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categories were combined, and the highest numbers won. "For Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
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in the United States. Two other versions reached number three and number four.
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covered "To Each His Own" in 1960, their version reaching number 21 (US).
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released a version of the song as a single in 1958, but it did not chart.
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You Wanted Someone to Play With (I Wanted Someone to Love)
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In 1946, three different versions hit number one on the
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Hot 100. It also spent four weeks at number two on the
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Index


Single
Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
B-side
Genre
Popular music
Label
Majestic 7188
Composer(s)
Jay Livingston
Lyricist(s)
Ray Evans
popular
song
Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
movie of the same name
1946
Paramount Music
Victor Young
Billboard charts
St. Louis Blues
Eddy Howard
Majestic Records
B sides
Freddy Martin
Tony Martin
RCA Victor Records
Mercury Records
The Modernaires

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