Rosalita (Al Dexter song)

"Rosalita" is a 1942 song performed by Al Dexter and His Troopers. It was recorded on March 18, 1942. The song was the B-side to "Pistol Packin' Mama", released on Okeh #6708.[1] Both would chart in 1944, but "Rosalita" would spend more weeks on the chart than "Pistol Packin' Mama", with a total of twenty-five weeks on the chart and single week at number one.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Abrams, Steven and Settlemier, Tyrone. "The Online Discographical Project – Okeh (CBS) 6500 - 6747 (1941 - 45)". Retrieved February 21, 2011
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.
Preceded by
"Ration Blues" by Louis Jordan and His Tympanny Five		 Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
number one single by Al Dexter
March 11, 1944 		Succeeded by
"They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" by Floyd Tillman


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