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Need some help with a few things in regards to the song Gomen Nasai which I found last night...
1. Who actually recorded/released this first? Discogs lists the release date for the Margaret Whiting/Jimmy Wakely version as 1949, but no other recordings seem to exist from prior to 1953 and 45worlds lists a UK release of this version as being from 1953. The version on Columbia was the hit and an ad for it in Billboard magazine lists it as "the original".
2. Which release should I use for Slim Gaillard's version - the Slim Gaillard Cavorts album (Clef records) or the Mercury single?