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Sioux City Sue


"Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. It was a number one hit for singer Dick Thomas. The song was Thomas' first chart entry on the Juke Box Folk Records chart and was also his most successful release: "Sioux City Sue" spent four weeks at number one and a total of twenty-three weeks on the charts. The Dick Thomas version also reached Billboard's Best-selling Record charts attaining the No. 16 position.

Gene Autry sang this title song in the movie, the first film he made after leaving military service at the end of World War II.
Bing Crosby recorded the song on December 27, 1945 and also had a hit with this song reaching the No. 3 position in Billboard's Best-selling Record charts during a 16-week stay.


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