“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes": Slim Willet’s Idiosyncratic Chart-Topper Lives On

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dc.contributor.authorSpecht, Joe W.
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T10:04:55Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2009-01
dc.description.abstractIn the fall of 1952, and well on into 1953, the nation's radio airwaves and jukeboxes were filled with the sound of "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes." The song, penned by Abilene disc jockey Slim Wallet, was all the rage with four different versions in Billboard's Country & Western Top 10. On Billboard's Pop chart, Perry Como took the song to Number 1, selling over one million copies.
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dc.identifier.citationSpecht, J. W. (2009). “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes": Slim Willet’s Idiosyncratic Chart-Topper Lives On. <i>Journal of Texas Music History, 9</i>(1), pp. 36-47.
dc.identifier.issn1535-7104
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2678
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Center for Texas Music Historyen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Texas Music History, 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Article 2.
dc.subjectWillet, Slim
dc.subjectDisc jockey
dc.subjectAbilene
dc.subjectSongwriters
dc.title“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes": Slim Willet’s Idiosyncratic Chart-Topper Lives Onen_US
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