Johnny Mercer - On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe

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Personality
Johnny Mercer
Words by Johnny Burke
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

Peaked at # 1 in 1946
Competing versions charted by Bing Crosby (#9) and Dinah Shore (#10)
Sung by Dorothy Lamour in "The Road To Utopia" also starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby


When Madam Pompadour was on a ballroom floor
Said all the gentlemen "Obviously,"
"The madam has the cutest personality"

And think of all the books about Du Barry's looks
What was it made her the toast of Paree?
She had a well-developed personality