<P> "The Thing" is a hit novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean which received much airplay in 1950 . </P> <P> The song was recorded by Phil Harris on October 13, 1950, and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20 - 3968 . The record first reached the Billboard charts on November 17, 1950 . It lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1 . The words were set to the English folk tune "The Lincolnshire Poacher". </P> <P> Other versions were recorded by Arthur Godfrey, Danny Kaye, Kidsongs, Ray Charles, Teresa Brewer, Adam West, and Australian orchestra leader Les Welch . The Arthur Godfrey recording was made in November 1950 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39068 . The Danny Kaye recording was made on December 1, 1950, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 27350 . The Ray Charles recording was made on July 13, 1963, and released by ABC - Paramount Records on the album Have a Smile with Me, as catalog number ABC 495 (mono) / ABCS 495 (stereo). The Teresa Brewer recording was made in October 1950, and released by London Records as catalog number 873 . The Les Welch recording was made in January 1951 and released by Pacific Records, an Australian company, as catalog number 10 - 0051 . </P>

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