[78-L] HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[Ray Kilcoyne]

Happy 92nd Birthday to Kay Starr.
Over on Facebook a question has arisen.
It is agreed that Kay was not the first to record WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
But who was?
Sunny Gale?
Johnny Hartman?
The Cardinals?
Does anyone have dates for these?

Kay Starr – recorded 17 January 1952 – charted 16 February 1952

By what I was able to find, it looks like the Cardinals or Johnny Hartman

The Cardinals – Atlantic 958 – charted 7 March 1952 – recorded 6 October 1951 according to one source
Sunny Gale – Derby 787 – charted 9 February 1952
Johnny Hartman – RCA 47-4349 – never charted - recorded maybe October 1951 according to one source

RayK