1955 Lou Busch - Zambezi (a #1 UK hit*)

U.S. arranger-conductor Busch (who also recorded as the pianist Joe “Fingers” Carr) climbed high on the UK singles charts with this bright track, yet it achieved only limited attention in America. Chart Peaks: Billboard 75, UK 1 (RM) & 2 (NME) *Note: while the most commonly referenced “Official” UK singles chart history from this period utilizes data from only one of the two existing nationally-published music periodicals (New Musical Express…in which this record did not reach the top), our channel also credits as “#1 UK hit” any title which achieved that peak on the other chart (Record Mirror). Transferred from the original 45rpm: Capitol 3272 - Zambezi (Carstens-Dewaal) by Lou Busch & his Orchestra with vocal chorus