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You Belong To Me by Jo Stafford
A perfect contrast(ish) to the last one. Al Martino began things with his singing, and Jo Stafford – has there ever been a less assuming name for a pop singer? – instead leaps in with tuneful noises. “Waaa waaa weee waaa” she sings, with a chorus of voices, like some weirdly tuneful baby, whilst the music does that almost-Caribbean-sounding xylophone thing. There’s actually not much music here, just a steady beat, some occasional horns, those damned xylophones. Jo carries this, and the melody is always curiously familiar, just a little niggle at the back of the head. That chorus? I know it. Can’t tell you where from, but I do. And then the song ends, and there’s no second visit by the tuneful baby.