"Wanted" is a popular

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 song written by Jack Fulton

Jack Fulton

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 and Lois Steele.

A recording by Perry Como

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

 with Hugo Winterhalter

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's orchestra and chorus was made at Manhattan Center

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, New York City

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, on December 29, 1952. It was released by RCA Victor Recordsas catalog number 20-5647 (in USA) and by EMI

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 on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10691. The flip side of both recordings was "Look out the Window (and See How I'm Standing in the Rain)"
The most popular recorded version, by Perry Como

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

, reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1954

1954 in music

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. The song also reached #1 on the Cash Box

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 chart in the same year. Al Martino

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 also had a top 10 hit with the song in the United Kingdom

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.

Anne Murray

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 recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin'

Croonin'

-Chart performance:...

(1993).