▁the ▁De cca ▁label , ▁produced ▁by ▁M ilt ▁Gab ler . ▁The ▁arr anger ▁was ▁Gordon ▁Jenkins . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁national ▁hit , ▁as ▁was ▁the ▁A - side , ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁T zen a , ▁T zen a , ▁T zen a ; ▁sales ▁were ▁recorded ▁as ▁ 2 ▁million ▁copies . ▁ ▁The ▁single ▁first ▁reached ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Best ▁S ellers ▁in ▁St ores ▁chart ▁on ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁last ed ▁ 2 5 ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁chart , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁# 1 ▁for ▁ 1 3 ▁weeks . ▁Although ▁generally ▁faithful , ▁the ▁We a vers ▁chose ▁to ▁o mit ▁some ▁of ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly ' s ▁lyr ics , ▁leading ▁Time ▁magazine ▁to ▁label ▁it ▁a ▁" de h yd r ated " ▁and ▁" pre tt ied ▁up " ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁original . ▁The ▁We a vers ' ▁lyr ics ▁are ▁the ▁ones ▁now ▁generally ▁used . ▁and ▁Billboard ▁ranked ▁this ▁version ▁as ▁the ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁song ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁Co vers ▁After ▁The ▁We a vers ' ▁success , ▁many ▁other ▁artists ▁released ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁commer cially ▁successful ▁in ▁several ▁gen res . ▁Frank ▁Sin atra ' s ▁cover , ▁released ▁a ▁month ▁after ▁The ▁We a vers ', ▁last ed ▁nine ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁magazine ▁Best ▁S eller ▁chart ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 0 , ▁pe aking