A Dear John Letter (Tally-Owen) by Jean Shepard, recitation by Ferlin Husky (some 45 issues, such as the above scan, did not include the Husky name credit) A highly popular 1953 country hit (6 weeks at #1), this part-singing part-spoken Korean Wartime tear-jerker also crossed into the mainstream market and reached #16 on the pop single sales chart (#4 on the pop juke box listings). At that time Husky was making his own records under the pseudonym Terry Preston and spelling his last name ‘Huskey.’ See also the Pat O’Day version.
THE 1953 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1953 (some were recorded in 1952).
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