"I Said My Pajamas" is a popular

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 song

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The music was written by George Wyle

George Wyle

George Wyle , born Bernard Weissman, was an American orchestra leader and composer best known for having written the theme song to 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island.-Early Years:...

, the lyrics by Edward Pola

Edward Pola

Edward "Eddie" Pola was an actor, radio/television producer, and songwriter....

. It was published in 1949

1949 in music

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Four hit versions made the charts in 1950

1950 in music

-Events:*January 3 – Sam Phillips launches Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.*August – Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival.*Malcolm Sargent becomes chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra....

: by Tony Martin

Tony Martin (entertainer)

Tony Martin is an American actor and singer.-Career:Tony Martin was born on Christmas Day, 1913 as Alvin Morris in San Francisco, California to Jewish immigrant parents. He received a saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at the age of ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an...

 and Fran Warren

Fran Warren

Frances Wolfe , known by her stage name, Fran Warren, is an American popular singer.She was born as to a Jewish family in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City...

, by Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Raymond Wallace "Ray" Bolger was an American entertainer of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow and Kansas farmworker Hank in The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:...

 and Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's...

, by Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

,and by Doris Day

Doris Day

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The recording by Tony Martin

Tony Martin (entertainer)

Tony Martin is an American actor and singer.-Career:Tony Martin was born on Christmas Day, 1913 as Alvin Morris in San Francisco, California to Jewish immigrant parents. He received a saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at the age of ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an...

 and Fran Warren

Fran Warren

Frances Wolfe , known by her stage name, Fran Warren, is an American popular singer.She was born as to a Jewish family in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City...

 was recorded on November 18, 1949 and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78rpm record, catalog number

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 20-3613, and a 45rpm record, catalog number 47-3119. The B-side was "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?". The record first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 20, 1950 and lasted 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.

The recording by Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Raymond Wallace "Ray" Bolger was an American entertainer of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow and Kansas farmworker Hank in The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:...

 and Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's...

 was recorded on January 4, 1950 and released by Decca Records

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 as catalog number 24873. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 17, 1950 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #25. The flip side was "Dearie

Dearie

"Dearie" is a popular song.The music was written by David Mann; the lyrics, by Bob Hilliard. The song was published in 1950.The song is about reminiscences, and often sung as a duet...

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The recording by Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting

Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

 was released by Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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 as catalog number 841. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 10, 1950 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #24.

The recording by Doris Day

Doris Day

Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...

 was recorded on January 13, 1950 and released by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 as catalog number 38709. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 10, 1950 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #27.

Gösta Rybrant wrote Swedish

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 lyrics entitled "Jag fick en kyss til godnatt". Bibi Johnson with Carl Henrik Norin's orchestra recorded it in Stockholm

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 on April 14, 1950. It was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice X 7512.