"Domino" is a popular

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 song written in 1950

1950 in music

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, with music by Louis Ferrari. The original French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 lyrics were written by Jacques Plante, and English

English language

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 lyrics were supplied by Don Raye

Don Raye

Don Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...

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A big hit in France and all of Europe, "Domino" was introduced by the popular French singer André Claveau

André Claveau

André Claveau was born in Paris and was a very popular singer in France from the 1940s to 1960s....

. It was also recorded by Patachou

Patachou

Patachou, real name Henriette Ragon is a French singer and actress. She is an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.-Early life:...

, Lucienne Delyle

Lucienne Delyle

Lucienne Delyle was a French singer.After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean , in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s....

 and many others.

Hit records of the English-language version were made by Tony Martin and by Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

. The song was also recorded by Doris Day

Doris Day

Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...

 and by Andy Williams

Andy Williams

Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...

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The recording by Tony Martin with Henri René and His Orchestra was made in Hollywood on October 2, 1951. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number

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 20-4343A (in USA) and by EMI

EMI

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 on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10167. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 26, 1951 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #10.

The recording by Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

 was released by Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

 as catalog number 27830. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 26, 1951 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #26.

Semprini

Semprini

Alberto Fernando Riccardo Semprini known by his stage name Alberto Semprini, or Semprini, was an English pianist, famous for appearances on the BBC, mainly on radio....

 with Rhythm accompaniment recorded it in London

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 on January 25, 1952 as the third melody of the medley "Dancing to the piano (No. 12) - Part 1. Hit Medley of Waltzes" along with "We Won't Live in a Castle" and "While We're Young". It was released by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10231.