She Wears Red Feathers
1953 single by Guy Mitchell
"She Wears Red Feathers" was a popular song written by Bob Merrill and published in 1952.
Background and reception
The best-known recording of the song was made by Guy Mitchell in 1952 and was a No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart in March 1953 for four weeks. It was only the sixth single to reach the top spot in the UK.
Mitchell's recording was made for Columbia in New York on July 2, 1952, with Mitch Miller and his Orchestra and Chorus. It was released in his native America on December 26 that year as a 78 and 45 rpm single. There, it peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard charts.
In the UK Mitchell's single first charted on February 13, 1953, and reached No. 1 in its fifth week. It was the only charting recording of the song.
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