finally hit number 10 on August 7 and number 1 on November 6, which is where it stayed through January 22, 1944, charting forty weeks in all. Chart performance Other recordings The song has been named one of the Songs of the Century and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Many artists have recorded it, including Bing Crosby for his album Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956) Perez Prado for the album Pops and Prado (1959) Frank Sinatra for the album Come Swing with Me! (1961) Pat Boone for his album I'll See You in My Dreams (1962). In 1975, British actors Don Estelle and Windsor Davies (both known for the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum) recorded a novelty version of the song. It reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975. As with their cover of "Whispering Grass", they sung in character. Film appearances 1944, Two Girls and a Sailor – This presented the unusual situation of Lena Horne's singing "Paper Doll", in which the lyrics express a man's regret that his girlfriend has left him. Gail Lumet Buckley wrote in her book about the Hornes, "Lena ... sang 'Paper Doll' and 'hated it' ('It's a 'boy's song,' she complained)." 1944, Hi, Good Lookin'! – starring Harriet Nelson. 1971, Red Sky at Morning 1973, The Way We Were – played on piano and sung by all at a party. 1974, The Execution of Private Slovik – The Mills Brothers version is used. 1987, Radio Days – The Mills Brothers version is used. 2001, The Majestic – The Mills Brothers version is used. Popular culture In addition to its film appearances, the Mills Brothers version of the song appears in the British television miniseries The Singing Detective. Four lines of it are sung by Rodolfo in the first act of Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge. It is also referenced (as the song being played by a Negro band in a bar near the Kowalskis' home) in stage directions of the third scene of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. See also List of Billboard number-one singles of the 1940s References 1915 songs 1942 songs 1943 singles Number-one singles in the United States Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients