The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 195. The recording, with backing vocals by The Pied Pipers,[3] first reached the Billboard charts on July 5, 1945, and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one.[4]
Johnny Mercer
The recording (backing vocals by Six Hits and a Miss) was made on February 17, 1944[5] and released by Decca Records as catalog number 18690. The record first reached the Billboard charts on July 19, 1945, and lasted ten weeks on the chart, peaking at number four.[4]
Bing Crosby
The and His Orchestra recording, vocal by The Sentimentalists, was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1682. The record first reached the Billboard charts on August 2, 1945, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number six.[4]
Tommy Dorsey
The /Merry Macs recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23436. The record reached the Billboard charts on September 20, 1945, at number ten, its only week on the chart.[4]
Judy Garland
It has been covered by other artists, including , Louis Jordan, Harry Connick Jr., Mandy Patinkin, The Four Freshmen, Henry Mancini, John Denver, and Rosemary Clooney with Harry James and His Orchestra.
Petula Clark
used a version of this song for television advertisements in the 1970s.
AT&SF
This song's instrumental can be heard in two shorts, "The Cat Concerto" and "Jerry and Jumbo".
Tom and Jerry
This song was included in a salute to 's Main Street, U.S.A. during the opening ceremony of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.[6]