Wayward WindWhen Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" was hording the US single chart for 6 weeks from April to June 1956, it was up to a country song "Wayward Wind" sung by Gogi Grant to stop the streak from the "Hillbilly Cat" (or Mao Wong as known in Asia) from Tennessee.
"Wayward Wind", written by Stan Lebowsky and Herb Newman, topped the US single chart for 5 weeks (June - July 1956).
Several artistes had also recorded the song, notably Sam Cooke (1960),Patsy Cline (1961), Frank Ifield (1963), Connie Francis (1967) and Anne Murray (1993). Frank's version reach the # 1 spot in the UK charts and made it a big hit here in the Asian regions too.
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