"Croce di Oro" ("Cross of Gold")" is a popular song, written by James "Kim" Gannon.

It was popularized by Patti Page in 1955.

The Page recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70713.[1] It first reached the Billboard charts on November 12, 1955. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at number 17; on the Best Seller chart, at number 20; on the Juke Box chart, at number 16; and number 16 on the composite chart of the top 100 songs.[1][2] Page later re-recorded the song and it was included in her album Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965).

A United Kingdom version, recorded by Joan Regan, was also issued in the United States by London Records as catalog number 1605.[3]

On Cash Box magazine's charts, the song (in all versions combined) reached a peak position of number 15.

References

  1. 1 2 "Miss Patti Page". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  2. ↑ "Song artist 75 - Patti Page". Tsort.info. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cash Box Top Singles 12/17/55". Cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2021.


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