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The Johnston Brothers were a vocal group who had a #1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 with their cover version of "Hernando's Hideaway".The group was formed by Johnny Johnston (born John Harold Johnston, 10 July 1919 - 10 June 1998, London). He had formed a music publishing company, Michael Reine Music, in London in 1946, and was used by the BBC Light Programme radio channel as a singer and arranger. His first big success was to write and perform, with his vocal quartet The Keynotes, the theme to the successful comedy series Take It From Here in 1948. The Keynotes remained a popular singing group in the United Kingdom throughout the 1950s, winning several awards but having no hit records. In 1949 Johnston formed an all-male singing trio, The Johnston Brothers, the other members being Alan Dean, Eddie Lester and Denny Vaughan (died 1972). They won a recording contract with Decca Records, and had their first UK Top 10 hit in 1953 with "Oh Happy Day". In November 1955, their version of "Hernando's Hideaway", from the movie The Pajama Game, reached the number one spot for two weeks, beating off the American versions by both Johnnie Ray and Archie Bleyer. The Johnston Brothers had a number of smaller follow-up hits in the UK, including the medley "Join In And Sing Again" (1955) and "Heart" (1957), and also recorded with Joan Regan. They provided backing for the British vocalist, Suzi Miller, on their UK #14 joint hit, "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" in 1955.By 1956, Johnston had established Johnny Johnston Jingles Ltd., which was responsible for hundreds of advertising jingles in the early years of British commercial television, including "A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say - Beanz Meanz Heinz!", "You can be sure of Shell", and the first ever colour TV commercial in Britain, for Birds Eye peas in 1969.
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Britain's Greatest Hits 1955 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:32 |
Dreamboats & Petticoats, Vol. 7: Walking Back To Happiness [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:30 |
The Fine Music of Carmichael [2013]
Song | Duration |
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My Resistance Is Low | 2:51 |
Lemon Popsicles and Strawberry Milkshakes: 1955 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:31 |
Absolutely Hits of 50's [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:32 |
Britain's Number Ones Of the 50's [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway |
Romantic Fifties, Vol. 1 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:05 |
100 Number Ones Of The Fifties [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:35 |
No. 1s of the 50s: The Collection [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:33 |
Number One Hits: 66 UK Hits of the 50's [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:31 |
Lost Vagueness [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:30 |
Alma de America [Discograph France] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:29 |
Greatest Ever! Memories [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:32 |
Number One Hits of 1955 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway |
True Fifties [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:31 |
Snatch [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:29 |
Snatch: Stealin' Stones & Breakin' Bones [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:29 |
Best of the Johnson Brothers [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway |
Number Ones of the Fifties [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Hernando's Hideaway | 2:34 |
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