Once In A While

Tommy Dorsey

Written by Michael Edwards and Bud Green

Peaked at # 1 for 7 weeks in 1937

Competing version charted by Horace Heidt (#2)

Charted again in 1938 by Louis Armstrong (# 15)

Charted again in 1952 by Doris Day (#9)

Charted in 1961 as "Once In Awhile" by The Chimes at #11


Once in a while will you try to give one little thought to me

Though someone else maybe nearer your heart

Once in a while will you dream of the moments I shared with you,

Moments before we two drifted apart.