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" In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach. "

Les Baxter

Hit

Good

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Les Baxter

Make

Two

" Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way. "