1940 HITS ARCHIVE: Practice Makes Perfect - Bob Chester (Al Stuart, vocal)

Practice Makes Perfect (Roberts-Gold) by Bob Chester & his Orchestra, vocal by Al Stuart

This top-ten hit was the most successful single release by the Chester band and was co-written by a young Ernest Gold, future Oscar winner (score for “Exodus”) and father of singer Andrew Gold by singer-wife Marni Nixon.

THE 1940 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1940 (some were recorded in 1939) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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