Deep Purple (DeRose-Parish) by Larry Clinton & his Orchestra, vocal by Bea Wain One of the year’s top-selling record hits. Introduced as an instrumental piece in 1934 (see the Paul Whiteman version on this channel) “Deep Purple” was given lyrics and spent seven weeks atop “Your Hit Parade” in 1939. TIP: Click this link to browse through all 103 videos of the 1939 HITS ARCHIVE collection, alphabetically arranged in the convenient YouTube Playlist format: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTFzQlK7fWk9ok4DwUhCvTCMvXPGXNYqw THE 1939 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of best-sellers and songs that made an impact, presented in the original-release versions Check out the daily music posts on my Facebook group: 1950s HITS--EVERY DAY! https://www.facebook.com/groups/824194430969202/ MusicProf78 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicprof78/689903871053047