Fraulein (song)
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"Fraulein" is a 1957 single by Bobby Helms
Bobby Helms
Robert Lee Helms , better known as Bobby Helms, was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with his hit, "Jingle Bell Rock". He was mostly known for the Christmas song...

. "Fraulein" was Bobby Helms debut single on the U.S. country chart, reaching number one for four weeks and staying on chart for 52 weeks, the second longest song in country music history to spend over 50 weeks on the country singles chart after Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...

's "Bouquet of Roses
Bouquet of Roses (song)
"Bouquet of Roses" is a 1948 song written by Steve Nelson and Bob Hilliard . It was originally recorded by Eddy Arnold and his Tennesseee Plow Boys and his Guitar in Chicago on May 18, 1947. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2806 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice...

" which spent 54 weeks on the chart in 1948-1949. The song's popularity crossed over to the pop chart where "Fraulein" peaked at number thirty-six.

In 1967, this song was covered by the late Singaporean
Singapore
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 singer/songwriter
Songwriter
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/lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

 Su Yin (舒雲) in Mandarin Chinese language with Chinese
Chinese language
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 lyrics written by Li Tian (黎天) and given the title name of 夜茫茫, appearing on his LP album 黃昏放牛*一片青青的草地, and released by EMI Columbia Records
Columbia Graphophone Company
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.

Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by The Thunderbirds, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 1 with White Cloud Record of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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Chart performance

Chart (1957-58) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36
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