Hugging and A Chalking? --- who did it?

Tim

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Dec 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/15/97

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Many years ago (25 or so) I heard a song that was titled or at least had as
its "hook" lines 'A Hugging and A Chalking' about a guy kissing a really
fat girl friend. Who sang this. My not-so-good memory wants to say Larry
Gross, but I've never heard of him other wise.

Any one got and answers or details?

Thanks!

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Ronald E. Hontz

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Dec 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/15/97

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Huggin' and Chalkin'.txt

HappyFingr

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Dec 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/17/97

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>- Artist: Hoagy Carmicheal as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
> MCA Records MSD2-35180/GMD 80041

Also available on Time-Life "Your Hit Parade" CD for 1947.

Coolstrge

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Dec 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/21/97

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>- Artist: Hoagy Carmicheal as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
> MCA Records MSD2-35180/GMD 80041

<<Also available on Time-Life "Your Hit Parade" CD for 1947.>>

ALSO available on Hoagy's CD of V-Disc recordings, available through
Collector's Choice Records. What a great song!

-Dana Countryman
Editor/Publisher
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Dick Baker

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Dec 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/21/97

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In article <672cor$j...@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>, "Tim" <tkoe...@worldnet.att.net.spam> wrote: >Many years ago (25 or so) I heard a song that was titled or at least had as >its "hook" lines 'A Hugging and A Chalking' about a guy kissing a really >fat girl friend. Who sang this. My not-so-good memory wants to say Larry >Gross, but I've never heard of him other wise. >Any one got and answers or details? >Thanks! The song was written by Dixieland banjoist/vocalist Clancy Hayes, but the first recording, which was something of a hit, was, as noted by another responder, by Hoagy Carmichael. It was also recorded by Arthur Godfrey, who at one time was more ubiquitous on the airwaves (both radio and TV) in this country than anybody else before or since. It's more likely likely that it's the Arthur Godfrey recording that you heard 25 years ago. -------------------------------------------- Dick Baker - Falls Church, Virginia, USA dic...@goon.org

GCarras

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Dec 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/22/97

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>Subject: Re: Hugging and A Chalking? --- who did it?
>From: dic...@goon.org (Dick Baker)
>Date: Sun, Dec 21, 1997 18:11 EST
>Message-id: <67k7mp$ncf$1...@news.smart.net>

>
>In article <672cor$j...@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>, "Tim"
><tkoe...@worldnet.att.net.spam> wrote:
>>Many years ago (25 or so) I heard a song that was titled or at least had as
>>its "hook" lines 'A Hugging and A Chalking' about a guy kissing a really
>>fat girl friend. Who sang this. My not-so-good memory wants to say Larry
>>Gross, but I've never heard of him other wise.
>>
>>Any one got and answers or details?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>
>The song was written by Dixieland banjoist/vocalist Clancy Hayes,
>but the first recording, which was something of a hit, was, as
>noted by another responder, by Hoagy Carmichael.
>
>It was also recorded by Arthur Godfrey, who at one time was more
>ubiquitous on the airwaves (both radio and TV) in this country
>than anybody else before or since. It's more likely likely that
>it's the Arthur Godfrey recording that you heard 25 years ago.
>
>
>

Freddy Martin,Johnny Mercer,Kay Kyser,etc.did it too.

Spiced8913

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Dec 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/26/97

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Kermit Gioelll also wrote lyrics to Francis Craig's NEAR YOU(#1,1947).
"You can love your pets,but just don't....LOVE your pets"-Janeane Garofalo
Steve C.,aka,gcarras,aka Spiced8913(Love,those Spice Girls!)