Where Will the Dimple Be? explained

"Where Will the Dimple Be?" is a 1955 single by Rosemary Clooney supported by the Buddy Cole Quartet, the Mellomen, and the bass solo of Thurl Ravenscroft, about a pregnant wife speculating where her baby's dimple will be. Clooney recorded the song on January 13, 1955,[1] just weeks before the birth of her son Miguel Ferrer on February 7, 1955.[2] The song was also covered by Alma Cogan[3] and Lorrae Desmond (with Bob Sharples and His Music, and The Melodaires).[4]

The Clooney version did not chart in the USA despite Billboard magazine of March 12, 1955 saying "The sales curve on this disk is also showing a fine upward slope after little more than 10 days in the field" but it was very popular in the UK where it reached No. 6 in the charts in 1955 during a 15-week stay.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Crossland. Ken. Late Life Jazz. 2013. Oxford University Press. New York. 978-0199798575. 194.
  2. Book: Crossland. Ken. Late Life Jazz. 2013. Oxford University Press. New York. 978-0199798575. 64.
  3. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. July 1955 . January 17, 2018.
  4. Web site: 45cat.com. 45cat.com. January 17, 2018.
  5. Book: Roberts. David. British Hit Singles & Albums. 2005. Guinness World Records Ltd. London. 1-904994-00-8. 112. 18th.