"Wake the Town and Tell the People" is a popularsong with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Sammy Gallop, published in 1955. This song is a wedding day number complete with the chorus imitating the sound of wedding bells, as well as the sounds of the real chimes.
The biggest-selling recordings were made by Les Baxter and Mindy Carson, both released in 1955.
Rose Brennan (released 1955 by HMV Records as catalog numbers POP-112 (78 rpm)[2] and 7M328 (45 rpm),[3] both with the flip side "Ten Little Kisses").[2][3]
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955[8] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.[9]
Bethe Douglas (released September 1955 by Pye Records as catalog number N15007, with the flip side "How to Be Very, Very Popular").[10]
Four-in-a-Chord (released November 1955 by Embassy Records as catalog number WB158, with the flip side "Twenty Tiny Fingers").[11]
Lawrence Welk (released 1955 in the United States by Coral Records as catalog number 61477[13] and in the United Kingdom by Vogue-Coral Records as catalog number 72102,[14] both with the flip side "I Hear Those Bells").[13][14]
Erni Bieler had a German hit at #11 with the rendering "Lass die Welt darüber reden" in 1956: this version has also been recorded by Liane Augustin and Lolita.
Ivo Robić recorded the song for inclusion on a 1957 four track EP single.
