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	SINGLE HIGHLIGHTS
		MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU b/w The Roving Kind DURING 1950, GUY RELEASED A SERIES OF SINGLES FOR HIS NEW LABEL COLUMBIA RECORDS. THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS HIS LAST FOR THAT YEAR AND THE ONE TO CATAPULT HIM TO SUPER-STARDOM. BOTH SIDES OF THIS SINGLE SOLD SEPARATELY OVER A MILLION COPIES AND WERE CERTIFIED GOLD. CARL SIGMAN AND PERCY FAITH ADAPTED GUY’S #2 HIT “MY HEART..” FROM AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH MELODY THAT WAS SAID TO BE COMPOSED BY QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 11 DEC 1950 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #6-918) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 2 NOV 1950 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		SPARROW IN THE TREETOP b/w Christopher Columbus THIS SINGLE WAS YET ANOTHER DOUBLE SIDED HIT. THE LEAD SINGLE WRITTEN BY BOB MERRILL REACHED #8 ON THE AMERICAN BILLBOARD CHART AND STAYED ON IT FOR FOUR MONTHS! THIS POPULAR SONG ALSO PROVED A HIT FOR CROONER BING CROSBY. THE FLIP SIDE CHARTED IN THE AMERICAN TOP 30. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 5 FEB 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39190) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 6 JAN 1951 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		MARRYING FOR LOVE b/w You're Just In Love THESE A&B SIDE SONGS WERE FROM IRVING BERLIN’S MUSICAL-COMEDY ‘CALL ME MADAM’ AND BOTH SUNG AS DUETS WITH ROSEMARY CLOONEY. A 78-RPM VERSION OF THIS SINGLE WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1950 BUT IT FAILED TO CHART. COLUMBIA THEN RE-ISSUED THE SINGLE ON 7" FORMAT FOLLOWING THE ROARING SUCCESS OF “MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU”. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE FLIP SIDE MANAGED TO BREAK THE AMERICAN TOP 30.  PERRY COMO HOWEVER PIPPED GUY AND ROSEMARY TO THE POST WITH HIS TOP 5 RENDITION OF THE SAME SONG. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 19 FEB 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39052) WITH PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA RECORDED 21 OCT 1950 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		UNLESS b/w A Beggar In Love THE LEAD SONG WAS A TOP 20 HIT FOR GUY AND IT REMAINED ON THE BEST-SELLERS LIST FOR THREE MONTHS. THE FLIP SIDE HOWEVER FAIRED BETTER OVERSEAS BECOMING A MILLION SELLER ON THE UK SHEET MUSIC CHARTS. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 9 APR 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39331) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 24 MAR 1951 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR b/w Who Knows Love BOB MERRILL PENNED YET ANOTHER HIT FOR GUY WHEN HE WROTE “MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR". THIS SINGLE PEAKED AT #2 ON THE BILLBOARD CHART AND WAS GUY’S THIRD MILLION SELLER. VIC DAMONE ALSO RECORDED A TOP 5 VERSION OF THIS SONG. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 21 MAY 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39415) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 30 APR 1951 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		BELLE, BELLE, MY LIBERTY BELLE b/w Sweetheart Of Yesterday BOTH SIDES OF THIS SINGLE MADE IMPRESSIONS ON THE AMERICAN BILLBOARD BUT IT WAS MERRILL’S “BELLE, BELLE…” THAT ROCKETED INTO THE US TOP 10. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 3 AUG 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39512) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 14 JUN 1951 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM AT OUR HOUSE b/w I Can't Help It ALTHOUGH NOT A POP HIT THESE SONGS DID WOO COUNTRY FANS AS GUY’S RENDITION OF THE HANK WILLIAM’S HIT “ I CAN’T HELP IT” WAS A TOP 30 SUCCESS. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 26 OCT 1951 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39595) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 2&3 OCT 1951 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		(THERE'S A PAWNSHOP ON THE CORNER IN) PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA b/w The Doll With The Sawdust Heart DURING 1951, GUY'S MUSIC HAD DOMINATED THE AMERICAN POP CHARTS. THIS 1952 SINGLE CONTINUED THAT TREND WHEN IT SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES (HIS FOURTH GOLD RECORD & MILLION SELLER). THE LEAD SONG REACHED #6 AND STAYED 17 WEEKS ON THE AMERICAN TOP 100. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 29 FEB 1952 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39663) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 15 JAN 1952 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		THE DAY OF JUBILO b/w You'll Never Be Mine "...JUBILO" WAS YET ANOTHER TOP 25 HIT IN THE USA. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 31 MAY 1952 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39753) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 15&16 JAN 1952 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		FEET UP (PAT HIM ON THE PO PO) + b/w Jenny Kissed Me ++ THE LYRICS TO THIS DITTY MAY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE TRADITION OF SPANKING A NEWBORN JUST AFTER BIRTH BUT IT DIDN’T HINDER IT FROM BECOMING A TOP 15 COUNTRY HIT. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC THIS WAS GUY’S FIRST SINGLE TO CHART ON THE NEWLY FORMED BRITISH SINGLES CHART. IT EVENTUALLY REACHED #2 IN THE UK! 7” SINGLE RELEASED 23 JUL 1952 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39822) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS + RECORDED 2 JUL 1952 IN NEW YORK (USA) ++ RECORDED 16 JAN 1952 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		SHE WEARS RED FEATHERS b/w Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie THIS SINGLE WAS A MODERATE HIT IN THE US. PHILIPS RECORDS (UK) HOWEVER CHOSE TO RELEASE EACH SONG SEPARATELY. “SHE WEARS..” TOPPED THE BRITISH CHARTS AND “PRETTY LITTLE..” REACHED #2. THE LEAD SINGLE ALSO FEATURED IN THE FILM SOUNDTRACK TO THE 2005 JOHNNY CASH BIOPIC 'WALK THE LINE'. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 26 DEC 1952 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39909) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 2 JUL1952 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		TELL US WHERE THE GOOD TIMES ARE + b/w There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby ++ THESE TOP 25 DUETS WITH MINDY CARSON WERE THEIR BIGGEST SUCCESSES TOGETHER. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 1 MAY 1953 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39992) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS + RECORDED 24 JAN 1953 IN NEW YORK (USA) ++ RECORDED 28 FEB 1953 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		LOOK AT THAT GIRL b/w Hannah Lee ALTHOUGH THE “MITCHELL” HIT-MAKING MACHINE WAS BEGINNING TO WANE STATESIDE THIS WAS YET ANOTHER SONG THAT BRITISH FANS WENT ABSOLUTELY CRAZY FOR. IT BECAME GUY'S SECOND BRITISH #1 SELLER. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 5 JUN 1953 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40008) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 28 FEB 1953 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		CHICKA BOOM b/w Cloud Lucky Seven IN 1953, GUY STARRED IN HIS FIRST MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, “THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE”. THIS CATCHY LEAD SINGLE FEATURED IN THE MOVIE. THE UK AGAIN TOOK THE DECISION TO RELEASE BOTH A & B SIDE SONGS SEPARATELY AND AGAIN EACH SONGS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT WERE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL TOP 5 HITS. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 13 JUL 1953 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40035) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 23 JAN1953 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		A DIME AND A DOLLAR + b/w Tear Down The Mountains ++ THIS WAS YET ANOTHER SINGLE TO BE SPURRED BY A ROLE FOR GUY IN A BIG-BUDGET MOTION PICTURE. IN THE PARAMOUNT WESTERN "RED GARTERS" GUY STARRED ALONGSIDE ROSEMARY CLOONEY AND JACK CARSON. THE LEAD SONG PROVED A TOP 10 HIT IN THE UK. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 1 FEB 1954 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-39992) WITH MITCH MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS + RECORDED 21 DEC 1953 IN NEW YORK (USA) ++ RECORDED 7 OCT 1953 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		NINETY NINE YEARS (DEAD OR ALIVE) b/w Perfume, Candy and Flowers OF ALL THE SINGLES THAT WERE RELEASED DURING 1955 THIS WENT ON TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN AT THE START OF 1956 IT BECAME A TOP 25 HIT IN AMERICA'S TOP 100. IT WAS ALSO NOTABLY GUY'S FIRST SINGLE TO CHART IN AUSTRALIA'S NEWLY FORMED TOP 20. 7” SINGLE RELEASED DEC 1955 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40631) WITH JIMMY CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 13 DECEMBER 1955 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		SINGING THE BLUES b/w Crazy With Love PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THIS SINGLE CRITICS HAD WRITTEN GUY OFF AS A CASUALTY OF THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL REVOLUTION. COLUMBIA RECORDS KNEW THEY HAD TO FIND THEIR STAR A NEW SOUND AND STYLE. THEY ACHIEVED THIS WHEN THEY RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE WITH RAY CONNIFF. GUY’S UNLIKELY COVER OF THE MARTY ROBBINS' HIT UNIVERSALLY APPEALED TO NOT ONLY POP FANS BUT COUNTRY AND R&B AUDIENCES. IT STAYED ON THE AMERICAN TOP SPOT FOR A STAGGERING 9 WEEKS! THIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS ALSO REPEATED AROUND THE WORLD WITH #1 HITS IN BOTH AUSTRALIA AND THE UK. AS A RESULT GLOBAL SALES FOR THIS SINGLE WERE ESCALATED TO OVER 12 MILLION! 7” SINGLE RELEASED 1 OCT 1956 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40769) WITH RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 25 SEP 1956 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		KNEE DEEP IN THE BLUES b/w Take Me Back Baby COLUMBIA RECORDS APPLIED THE "SINGING THE BLUES" HIT FORMULA WITH THIS RELEASE. HERE AGAIN WAS ANOTHER ROBBINS' CLASSIC WITH RAY CONNIFF AT THE HELM. THE SINGLE MAY HAVE FAILED TO ELECTRIFY THE CHARTS LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR HAD BUT IT DID ACHIEVE A TOP 20 PLACING STATESIDE AND WENT TOP 5 IN THE UK AND REACHED #12 IN AUSTRALIA. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 17 DEC 1956 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40820) WITH RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 15 NOV 1956 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		ROCK-A-BILLY b/w Hoot Owl FOR “ROCK-A-BILLY” GUY AGAIN WORKED WITH JIMMY CARROLL WHO HAD PRODUCED HIS FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN 1952. THIS REUNION RESULTED IN A TOP 10 AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN HIT AND GUY’S FOURTH #1 IN THE UK. ALTHOUGH OTHER SINGLES WITH CARROLL FOLLOWED THIS WOULD BE THEIR MOST CHART WORTHY. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 11 MAR 1957 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-40877) WITH JIMMY CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 7 MAR 1957 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		ALIAS JESSE JAMES + b/w Pride O' Dixie ++ “ALIAS JESSE JAMES” WAS THE TITLE TUNE TO BOB HOPE’S 1959 COMEDY-WESTERN. IT WAS NOTABLY GUY’S ONLY COLLABORATION WITH FRANK DE VOL (THE MAN BEHIND NAT KING COLE’S “NATURE BOY” AND THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING SCORE TO DORIS DAY’S 1959 MOVIE ‘PILLOW TALK’). 7” SINGLE RELEASED 16 MAR 1959 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-41359) + WITH FRANK DE VOL AND HIS ORCHESTRA ++ WITH RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS VOCAL RECORDED 18 FEB 1959 HOLLYWOOD (USA)
		HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER b/w Two COLUMBIA RECORDS DRAFTED IN JOE SHERMAN TO WORK WITH GUY AFTER HE HAD EXPERIENCED A TWO YEAR ABSENCE FROM THE TOP OF AMERICA’S POP CHARTS. THEIR FIRST COLLABORATION WAS NOT TO DISAPPOINT AS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1959 “HEARTACHES..” ATTAINED THE #1 SPOT ON THE AMERICAN TOP 100. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY RAY PRICE REVELLED OVER SIMILAR SUCCESS WITH THE SAME SONG ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. THIS SINGLE BECAME GUY’S FINAL MILLION-SELLER AND LAST TOP 5 HIT IN BOTH THE UK AND AUSTRALIA. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 31 AUG 1959 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-41476) WITH JOE SHERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 24 AUG 1959 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		THE SAME OLD ME b/w Build My Gallows High (The Clock In The Tower) THE NEW DECADE BEGAN WITH THIS MODERATE POP HIT WHICH STALLED JUST OUTSIDE THE AMERICAN TOP 50. THE FLIP SIDE A FAVOURITE WITH GUY'S FANS WAS A RE-RECORDING OF A SONG THAT GUY HAD FIRST RECORDED FOR HIS DEBUT ALBUM. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 1 FEB 1960 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-41576) WITH JOE SHERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 22 DEC 1959 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		SILVER MOON UPON THE GOLDEN SANDS b/w My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You THIS SINGLE WAS TAKEN FROM GUY’S 1960 ALBUM “SUNSHINE GUITAR”. BOTH SONGS WERE RECORDED DURING THE ALBUM’S INITIAL RECORDING SESSIONS. THE B-SIDE PEAKED AT #45 AND SIGNALLED THE END OF A 10 YEAR RUN OF POP HITS. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 27 JUN 1960 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-41725) WITH MONTY KELLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS RECORDED 15 JUN 1960 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		SOFT RAIN b/w Big, Big Change THIS RELEASE WAS SIGNIFICANT AS IT PROVED TO BE GUY’S FINAL RELEASE FOR COLUMBIA RECORDS. THE SINGER PARTED WITH HIS LONG TIME LABEL IN 1962. 7” SINGLE RELEASED 24 OCT 1961 (COLUMBIA RECORDS - #4-42231) WITH ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS ARRANGED BY MORT GARSON RECORDED 16 OCT 1961 IN NEW YORK (USA)
		FRISCO LINE (Single Version) + b/w It's A New World Every Day (Single Version) ++ AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE COLUMBIA LABEL GUY DID NOT RELEASE A NEW STUDIO ALBUM UNTIL THE LATE 1960S. IT WAS THEN IN 1967 THAT HE RELEASED THE FIRST OF TWO NASHVILLE PRODUCED ALBUMS FOR STARDAY RECORDS. THESE PARTICULAR A&B SIDE SONGS WERE TAKEN FROM SESSIONS FOR THE SECOND OF THESE LPs, “SINGIN’ UP A STORM”. THIS SINGLE WAS HIS BIGGEST CHART SUCCESS FOR STARDAY AND REACHED #71 ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. 7” SINGLE RELEASED OCT 1968 (STARDAY RECORDS - #846) + PRODUCED BY HAL NEELY & THOMAS WAYNE ++ PRODUCED BY JACK CLEMENT RECORDED CIRCA SEP 1968 IN NASHVILLE (USA)

During the 1970s, Guy released a couple of newly recorded singles in the USA. The 1980s then spurred a few unique UK only releases. His final single, “Dusty, The Magic Elf”, however would be in the US on his own record label in October 2000.

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