"Yes Tonight Josephine" is a 1957 song

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Winfield Scott Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexica ...

and Dorothy Goodman, and performed by

Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blu ...

. It was a

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in both the US and UK.

Chart performance

Ray's

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was produced by

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, and in the US, peaked at number 12 on the Most Played by Jockeys chart. Outside the US, "Yes Tonight Josephine" gave Ray his third and final number one hit in the UK. The

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first entered the UK Singles Chart on 10 May 1957, and peaked at number one for three weeks in June. The original record was only available as a 78rpm disc. Altogether, it spent 16 weeks on the

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Cover versions

*A cover version by British rockabilly revival band the Jets peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981.

References

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