Where Will the Dimple Be?

"Where Will the Dimple Be?" is a 1955 single by Rosemary Clooney supported by the Buddy Cole Quartet, the Mellomen, and the bass solo of Thurl Ravenscroft, about a pregnant wife speculating where her baby's dimple will be. Clooney recorded the song on January 13, 1955,^[1] just weeks before the birth of her son Miguel Ferrer on February 7, 1955.^[2] The song was also covered by Alma Cogan^[3] and Lorrae Desmond (with Bob Sharples and His Music, and The Melodaires).^[4]

The Clooney version did not chart in the USA despite Billboard magazine of March 12, 1955 saying "The sales curve on this disk is also showing a fine upward slope after little more than 10 days in the field" but it was very popular in the UK where it reached No. 6 in the charts in 1955 during a 15-week stay.^[5]

References

1. Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0199798575.
2. Crossland, Ken (2013). Late Life Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0199798575.
3. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. July 1955. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
4. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
5. Roberts, David (2005). British Hit Singles & Albums (18th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Ltd. p. 112. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.

• Frith, Simon (1990). On Record. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 0-415-05306-4.