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| "Calcutta" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Lawrence Welk | ||||
| from the album Calcutta! | ||||
| B-side | "My Grandfather's Clock" | |||
| Released | December 1960[1] | |||
| Genre | Easy listening[2] | |||
| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Label | Dot | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Heino Gaze | |||
| Producer(s) | Artie Ripp | |||
| Lawrence Welk singles chronology | ||||
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"Calcutta" is a German pop song. An instrumental version by American bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk on the 1961 Dot Records album Calcutta! was a Number One song in the United States, and the most successful hit of Welk's career.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
- ^ Breihan, Tom (October 30, 2018). "The Number Ones: Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
For years — for decades, even — [easy listening] music sold in huge numbers, to the point where Lawrence Welk's "Calcutta" blocked the Miracles' "Shop Around" from the #1 spot.