Wake the Town and Tell the People

"Wake the Town and Tell the People" is a popular song with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Sammy Gallop, published in 1955.

The biggest selling version was recorded by Mindy Carson in 1955.

[edit] Recorded versions

Rose Brennan [released 1955 in music by HMV Records as catalog numbers POP-112 (78 rpm)^[1] and 7M328 (45 rpm)^[2], both with the flip side "Ten Little Kisses"^[1]^[2]]
Pablo Beltram (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6341, with the flip side "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"^[3])
Jimmy Carroll's Orchestra with the Bell Ringers (released by Bell Records as catalog number 1105, with the flip side "The Yellow Rose of Texas"^[4])
Mindy Carson (released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40537, with the flip side "Hold Me Tight"^[5]; re-recorded and released in 1960 by Joy Records as catalog number 236, with the flip side "When I Fall in Love"^[6])
Bethe Douglas (released September 1955 by Pye Records as catalog number N15007, with the flip side "How To Be Very Very Popular"^[7])
Four-In-A-Chord (released November 1955 by Embassy Records as catalog number WB158, with the flip side "Twenty Tiny Fingers"^[8])
Joe Loss Orchestra [released 1955 in music by HMV Records as catalog numbers POP-118 (78 rpm)^[1] and 7M330 (45 rpm)^[2], both with the flip side "Button Up Your Overcoat"^[1]^[2]]
Lawrence Welk (released 1955 in the United States by Coral Records as catalog number 61477^[9] and in the United Kingdom by Vogue-Coral Records as catalog number 72102^[10], both with the flip side "I Hear Those Bells"^[9]^[10])