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CLASSIC UK No.1 1954 JOHNSTON BROTHERS 78 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY DECCA F 10608 E-

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A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS 1955 UK NUMBER ONE HIT FROM THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS ON A UK DECCA 78

HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY   The Johnston Brothers were a vocal group who had a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 with their cover version of "Hernando's Hideaway".
The group was formed by Johnny Johnston (born John Reine, July 10, 1919 - died June 10, 1998, London). He had formed a music publishing company, Michael Reine Music, in London in 1946, and was used by the BBC Light Programme radio channel as a singer and arranger. His first big success was to write and perform, with his vocal quartet The Keynotes, the theme to the successful comedy series "Take It From Here" in 1948. The Keynotes remained a popular singing group in the United Kingdom throughout the 1950s, winning several awards but having no hit records.
In 1949 Johnston formed an all-male singing trio, The Johnston Brothers, the other members being Alan Dean and Denny Vaughan (died 1972). They won a recording contract with Decca Records, and had their first UK top ten hit in 1953 with "Oh Happy Day". In November 1955, their version of "Hernando's Hideaway", from the movie The Pajama Game, reached the number one spot for two weeks, beating off the American versions by both Johnnie Ray and Archie Bleyer. The Johnston Brothers had a number of smaller follow-up hits in the UK, including the medley "Join In And Sing Again" (1955) and "Heart" (1957), and also recorded with Joan Regan.
By 1956, Johnston had established Johnny Johnston Jingles Ltd., which was responsible for hundreds of advertising jingles in the early years of British commercial television, including "A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say - Beanz Meanz Heinz!", "You can be sure of Shell", and the first ever colour TV commercial in Britain, for Birds Eye peas in 1969.
ENTERED THE UK CHARTS - 7/10/1955 
2 weeks at #1 - 13 weeks on chart

I know a dark secluded place
A place where no one knows your face
A glass of wine, a fast embrace
It's called Hernando's Hideaway, Ole

All you'll see are silhouettes
And all you'll hear are castanets
And no one cares how late it gets
Not at Hernando's Hideaway, Ole

At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go
You'll meet your Uncle Max and everyone you know
But if you go to the spot that I am thinkin' of
You will be free to gaze at me and talk of love

Just knock thee times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Joe
Then strike a match and you will know
You're in Hernando's Hideway

Just knock three times and whisper low
That you and I were sent by Joe
Then strike a match and you will know
You're in Hernando's Hideaway     B SIDE:- HEY THERE        CONDITION IS RATED AS E-
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