The Bus Stop Song
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"The Bus Stop Song" (also known as "A Paper of Pins") is a popular song. The title references the movie, Bus Stop, in which it was introduced.
It was written by Ken Darby in 1956.
It is best known in a recording, made on July 17, 1956, by The Four Lads. This recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40736. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 15, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #17; on the Best Seller chart, at #22; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #23. The flip side was "A House with Love in It." [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2000-11-01). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Rev. edition, Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN 978-0823076901.