Graduation Day (The Four Freshmen song)
| "Graduation Day" | ||||
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| Single by The Four Freshmen | ||||
| from the album Freshman Favorites | ||||
| A-side | "Graduation Day" | |||
| B-side | "Lonely Night in Paris" | |||
| Released | April 1956 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, pop | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joe Sherman Noel Sherman | |||
| The Four Freshmen singles chronology | ||||
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"Graduation Day" is a 1956 hit song by The Four Freshmen about nostalgia[1] written by Joe Sherman with lyrics by his brother Noel Sherman.[2] The song, a single from the Capitol album Freshman Favorites, was quickly covered in singles by The Rover Boys in 1956, The Lennon Sisters with bandleader Lawrence Welk, also in 1956, Tommy Sands in 1957, by Bobby Pickett in 1963, and by The Arbors in 1968. It was performed in concert by The Beach Boys, being included on their October 1964 album Beach Boys Concert.
In 1976, it was issued as the B-side to the rerelease of The Beach Boys' "Be True To Your School" (Capitol 4334).
George Wallington recorded a jazz version of it in 1957.
References
- ^ Browne, Ray Broadus; Ambrosetti, Ronald J. (1993). Continuities in Popular Culture: The Present in the Past & the Past in the Present and Future. ISBN 9780879725938.
- ^ The Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era p218
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