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Changing Partners (Song)

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“Changing Partners”

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UK pressing of the original 78 rpm record by Kay Starr
Song
Published1953
ComposerLarry Coleman
LyricistJoe Darion

Changing Partners” is a pop song with music by Larry Coleman and lyrics by Joe Darion, published in 1953.

The version by Kay Starr was recorded on October 22, 1953 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2657. It started on the Billboard charts on December 5, 1953, staying on the chart for 9 weeks and reaching No. 13 in 1954. It also reached No. 4 in the UK in 1954.

The best-known recording was made by Patti Page. It was also recorded the same year by Dinah ShoreKay Starr and Bing Crosby.

Hit versions

“Changing Partners”
Single by Patti Page
B-side“Where Did My Snowman Go?”
(Reissued in 1954 with “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” as the B-side)
ReleasedNovember 28, 1953
RecordedSeptember 21, 1953
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:45
LabelMercury
ComposerLarry Coleman
LyricistJoe Darion
Patti Page singles chronology
“My World is You”
(1953)”Changing Partners
(1953)”Cross Over the Bridge
(1954)
  • The version by Patti Page was recorded on September 21, 1953 and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70260. It started on the Billboard charts on November 21, 1953, staying on the chart for 21 weeks and reaching number three in 1954. She re-recorded the song for her 1966 album Patti Page’s Greatest Hits.
Patti Page – "Changing Partners" (1950s)
Changing Partners (1953) – Dinah Shore
  • The version by Bing Crosby was recorded on November 14, 1953 and released by Decca Records as catalog number 28969. It started on the Billboard charts on January 23, 1954, staying on the chart for 2 weeks and reaching No. 17. It reached No. 9 on the UK chart. This version was also included in Crosby’s 1954 album Bing Sings the Hits.
Changing Partners – Bing Crosby – 1950's

Other recordings

  • 1954 Pee Wee King reached number 4 on the country music charts in 1954.
Changing Partners
Helen Forrest "Changing Partners"
  • 1954 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys recorded the song for Decca (No. 29021).
Changing Partners – Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
  • 1954 Lita Roza issued the song on a single release.
Lita Roza : Changing Partners
Changing Partners
  • 1954 The Beverley Sisters recorded a single version for the Philips label (No. PB 231).
1954 THE BEVERLEY SISTERS – Changing Partners PHILIPS 10" PB231
  • 1961 Miki & Griff included the song on the album Miki and Griff.
Changing Partners
Changing Partners
  • Fong Fei-fei covered the song in Mandarin as “舞伴淚影” (English: “Shadow of teardrops from a partner” or idiomatically “Tearful silhouette of a partner”).
鳳飛飛 Feng Fei Fei — a3 舞伴淚影 (Changing Partners)
  • Teresa Teng
舞伴淚影 Changing Partners 鄧麗君 Teresa Teng
  • Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman-Changing Partners
Changing Partner
Changing Partners
Changing Partner

Film appearances

  • The 1984 Canadian film Isaac Littlefeathers opened with a recording of the Tennessee Waltz followed by a recording of “Changing Partners”.
  • The Helen Forrest version was also featured in the 2012 film The Master directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Changing Partners (feat. Helen Forrest)

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