 Recordings of the song by Juanita Hall and Dinah Shore made no great impression but in 1952 Harry Belafonte, at his third session for RCA Records, covered the song with an arrangement using only a guitar and male vocal group, and made the song a hit in concert.The four-year-old recording finally became a major success in 1956.In 1959, the Browns recorded a top 20 hit version of the song, peaking at Number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.