"Jilted" is a popular

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 song

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 with music

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 by Dick Manning

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 and lyrics

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 by Robert Colby, published in 1954.

Teresa Brewer

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Teresa Brewer was an American pop singer whose style incorporated elements of country, jazz, R&B, musicals and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording nearly 600 songs. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular...

 recorded the biggest-selling version on December 29, 1953. This recording was released by Coral Records

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 as catalog number

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 61152. It first reached the U.S.

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 Billboard

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chart on April 14, 1954, lasting 9 weeks and peaking at #14 on the Best Seller chart. and #6 altogether.

Other 1954 recordings were made by Diana Decker, Red Foley

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 and by the UK

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 based singers Alma Cogan

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 and Joan Regan

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"Jilted" is also the title of a song, written and recorded by Marcella Puppini

Marcella Puppini

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 with the Puppini Sisters in 2008.