1942 HITS ARCHIVE: He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser (Harry Babbitt, vocal) (78 version)

He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings (Maschwitz-Carr) by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, vocal by Harry Babbitt

Here’s the hit “hetero” Kyser single version (sung from the third-person point-of-view) that was issued on the flipside of “Jingle, Jangle, Jingle” and reached #2 on the Billboard sales chart. Over the years, the usual CD issues of the title have used an alternate Kyser version in which it appears that “I” (Harry) rather than “she” is the one with a serious heart flutter over that wonderful flyboy.

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