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‘Hummingbird’ by Les Paul & Mary Ford peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago today (Aug 13 1955)

August 13, 20151950s, Popular Music 1950sadmin

(Saturday, August 13, 1955) — “Hummingbird” by Les Paul & Mary Ford was the #8 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.

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