1942 HITS ARCHIVE: Mister Five By Five - Freddie Slack (Ella Mae Morse, vocal) (#1 R&B hit)

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Mister Five By Five (Raye-DePaul) by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, vocal by Ella Mae Morse with cameo by Johnny Mercer

This song was featured in the late 1942 Ritz Brothers movie “Behind The Eight Ball” (sometimes known as “Off The Beaten Track”) and was a tribute to the real-life “Mr. Five by Five” Jimmy Rushing, the rotund jazz & blues shouter with Count Basie’s band. The Slack-Morse recording reached #1 on Billboard’s R&B charts as well as top-10 pop. See also the Harry James-Helen Forrest version.

THE 1942 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1942 (some were recorded in 1941).

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