Released December 1950 Length 3:12 | Genre Vocal Label RCA Victor | |
A-side "Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom" Writer(s) Tolchard Evans, Robert Hargreaves, Stanley J. Damerell | ||
"If (They Made Me a King)" is a popular song with music written by Tolchard Evans and the lyrics written by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell. The song was written in 1934, but the most popular versions were recorded in 1950-1951. Perry Como's version, recorded November 28, 1950, was a #1 charted hit on the Billboard charts for 8 weeks. The Como version was released under the following labels and catalog numbers:
Dean Martin recorded the song December 2, 1950, and scored a #14 hit. Billy Eckstine recorded the song December 21, 1950, and scored a #10 hit.
Al Hirt released a version of the song in 1969. The song went to #16 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #116 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Jo Stafford also recorded the song (with "queen" for "king" in the lyric) about the same time. Her version, with the Paul Weston orchestra backing her, was recorded on October 16, 1950 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39082.
Another distaff version (substituting "queen" for "king") was released by Timi Yuro in 1964.
In 1961, doowop group "The Paragons" released a version which peaked at No. 82 and spent 5 weeks in the Top 100.