Hummingbird (1955 song)

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"Hummingbird" is a popular song written by Don Robertson released in 1955. The best-known version of the song was the recording by Les Paul and Mary Ford (recorded July 9, 1955; Capitol Records catalog number 3165). This version reached #7 on the Billboard chart. It was also recorded at about the same time by Frankie Laine (Columbia Records catalog number 40526, reaching #17 on the chart)^[1] and by The Chordettes (Cadence Records catalog number 1267).^[2] On the Cash Box magazine Best-Selling Record chart, where all versions were combined, the song reached #6 in 1955.