Oh! What It Seemed to Be

The song was most popular in 1946, and was taken to number 1 that year by both Frank Sinatra and the Frankie Carle orchestra, the latter with Marjorie Hughes on vocals.

[8] The song's subject matter deals with routine occurrences that become momentous when a significant other is involved.

However, the outstanding success of this song soon caused an announcement that Carle and Hughes were indeed closely related.

The version was less well received, as by this time Sinatra had long moved beyond any babe-in-the-woods persona.

A rehearsal take for that show in which Sinatra clowns around by voicing it in the manner of Mickey Katz has found popularity with collectors.