Somethin' Smith and the Redheads - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (1955) video free download


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Uploaded: 2011/08/13

Charted at #7 on Billboard Hot 100 in April 1955. Other chart positions for this song over the years: #1 for Fats Waller in 1936, #5 for Victor Young & His Orchestra in 1936, #99 for Tony Bennett in July 1964, #21 on the Country chart for Slim Whitman in 1971 and #13 in the UK for Gerry Monroe in April 1971.

Original Billboard review: "The wonderful oldie is handed a fresh reading, even though the arrangement is in the old-fashioned, soft shoe groove. Easy listening." Billboard rating: 75 out of 100.

Written by Billy Mayhew.

The other side of this single is "My Baby Just Cares for Me".

Comments

10 years ago

MrRazmuss

WOAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

10 years ago

clarence fender

I wonder how many people remember "Gravel Gertie" and :B.O. Plenty and their daughter :Sparkle?"

10 years ago

Linda Griffith

I found it!!!! from 1955

11 years ago

leroy trosclair

It's great to hear this song by Something Smith and the Redheads. This was the song my wife and I would always sing. ♥ ♥ You guys nailed this one. Thanks! 

11 years ago

clarence fender

My wife and I were married the year this came out and I was sure when I told her I loved her.

11 years ago

sauquoit13456

On this day in 1964 {August 22nd} "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" by Tony Bennett entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart for a one week stay at position #99. Nine years earlier in 1955 Somethin' Smith & the Redheads took their version to #7 on Billboard's Top 100 chart and spent 23 weeks on the Top 100. And on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart Slim Whitman's version reached #21 in 1971. Mr. Bennett, aka Anthony Dominick Benedetto, celebrated his 87th birthday nineteen days ago on August 3rd.

12 years ago

Palmer Short

I've been looking for this since 1955 when it came out. Wonder how many people remember Gravel Gertie from the Dick Tracy cartoon.

12 years ago

CatsPjamas1

You're welcome!

12 years ago

Marvin M

Thank you for posting this song. I have been trying to find this and finally found it! When I was a little boy, this was a favorite album of my late mother. I was in tears tonight thinking about this song and my mother. I was five years old then and now 59 and can still cry. Thank you so much!!

12 years ago

theonlymoo5e

This peaked at #1 on the St. Louis & Chicago area charts.

13 years ago

JubalCalif

Heavens to Murgatroid! Love this fun tune! Especially the lyric "Nex to her, Gravel Gertie would have looked all right!". PRICELESS! Thanks so much for uploading this delightful "blast from the past"! You've MADE my day & week! CHEERS, mate! :-)

13 years ago

RosanneB

Best version of this song, EVER!

13 years ago

David Anderson

Fabulous and unforgettable!!

13 years ago

wanda pleasant

i remember this as a young girl , used to sing it to my grandson as a baby , just found it so im pleased to hear it again, he is 33 now & got a laugh out of it

13 years ago

Dean F.

No wonder rock 'n' roll happened.

13 years ago

TheSteamtramman

Nice bit of ker-plunk! Great fun.

13 years ago

CatsPjamas1

@CarlDuke I like Bobby's as well, I had forgotten about his version.

13 years ago

CarlDuke

Very nice old time hit. Catchy tune and interesting lyrics. I heard a version by Bobby Vinton, that is just terrific as well.

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