It reached the best sellers chart on Octoand peaked at No. Frank Sinatra released his competing version of the song on the Columbia label catalog number 38608.
It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on October 14, 1949, and lasted three weeks on the chart, peaking at No.
It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on August 19, 1949, and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. This recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5316. The biggest hit version of the song was by Frankie Laine.Like " Ol' Man River", its lyrics contrast the toil and intense hardship of the singer's life with the obliviousness of the natural world.