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. This song is a wedding day number complete with the chorus imitating the sound of wedding bells. (DING- DONG, DING DONG.), as well as the sounds of the real chimes.

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

Recorded versions

• Les Baxter (released by Capitol Records in the United States as catalog number 3120 and in Australia as catalog number CP-422, both with the flip side "I'll Never Stop Loving You"^[1])
• Rose Brennan [released 1955 in music by HMV Records as catalog numbers POP-112 (78 rpm)^[2] and 7M328 (45 rpm),^[3] both with the flip side "Ten Little Kisses"^[2][3]]
• Pablo Beltram (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6341, with the flip side "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"^[4])
• 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"^[5])
• Mindy Carson (released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40537, with the flip side "Hold Me Tight";^[6] re-recorded and released in 1960 by Joy Records as catalog number 236, with the flip side "When I Fall in Love"^[7])
• Bethe Douglas (released September 1955 by Pye Records as catalog number N15007, with the flip side "How To Be Very Very Popular"^[8])
• Four-In-A-Chord (released November 1955 by Embassy Records as catalog number WB158, with the flip side "Twenty Tiny Fingers"^[9])
• Joe Loss Orchestra [released 1955 by HMV Records as catalog numbers POP-118 (78 rpm)^[2] and 7M330 (45 rpm),^[3] both with the flip side "Button Up Your Overcoat"^[2][3]]
• Lorrae Desmond released September 1955 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom as catalog number F 10612 with the flip side "You Should Know"
• Dinah Washington (released by Mercury Records in the United States as catalog number 71876 and in Australia as catalog number 45434, both with the flip side "September in the Rain"^[10])
• Lawrence Welk (released 1955 in the United States by Coral Records as catalog number 61477^[11] and in the United Kingdom by Vogue-Coral Records as catalog number 72102,^[12] both with the flip side "I Hear Those Bells"^[11][12])
• Erni Bieler had a German hit at #11 with the rendering "Lass die Welt darüber reden" in 1956: this version has also been recorded by Liane Augustin and Lolita.

References

1. ↑ Capitol Records (Australian issues) in the CP and CK series
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 HMV Records in the POP series
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 HMV Records in the 7M series
4. ↑ RCA Victor Records in the 20-6000 to 20-6499 series
5. ↑ Bell Records in the 7" 78rpm single series
6. ↑ Columbia Records in the 40500 to 40999 series
7. ↑ Joy Records listing
8. ↑ Pye Records in the N15000 to N15162 and 7N.15096 to 7N.15999 series
9. ↑ Embassy Records in the WB series
10. ↑ Mercury Records (Australian issues) in the 45001 to 45492 series
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Coral Records in the 61000 to 61999 series
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Vogue-Coral Records listing (United Kingdom)