" Sin" is a 1951 popular

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 song

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 with music by George Hoven and lyrics

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 by Chester R. Shull. Popular recordings of the song were made by The Four Aces

The Four Aces

The Four Aces is an American male traditional pop music quartet, popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Stranger in Paradise", "Tell Me...

 and Eddy Howard

Eddy Howard

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.

The recording by Eddy Howard

Eddy Howard

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 was released by Mercury Records

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 as catalog number

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 5711. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 14, 1951 and lasted 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.

The recording by The Four Aces

The Four Aces

The Four Aces is an American male traditional pop music quartet, popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Stranger in Paradise", "Tell Me...

 was released by Victoria Records

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 as catalog number 101. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 7, 1951 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. This was The Four Aces' first charting record and led to their receiving a contract with a major company, Decca

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.

This song should not be confused with "It's a Sin", another popular song of the same era.

Knud Pfeiffer wrote the Danish

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 lyrics. The Danish title is "Er det synd". Raquel Rastenni

Raquel Rastenni

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 with Radiodansekorkesteret recorded it in Copenhagen

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 in 1952. The song was released on the 78 rpm record His Master's Voice X 8043.

The song was revived in 1964

1964 in music

-Events:*January 1 – Top of the Pops is broadcast for the first time, on BBC television.*January 3 – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....

 by The Duprees

The Duprees

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, a group that made a number of recordings of 1950s hits.