Anytime (1921 song)
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 written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. The song was published in 1939.

The song is best known in a 1952
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 recording by Eddie Fisher
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. "Anytime" has been recorded by many other artists including Eddy Arnold
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 who reached number one on the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
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 in 1948 .

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    (on the album, A Perfect Day)
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