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	*] recorded the song in 1956<ref>{{cite web\|title=A Bing Crosby Discography\|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/CBS.html \|website=BING magazine\|publisher=International Club Crosby\|accessdate=December 8, 2017}}</ref> for use on his ] and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)'' issued by ] (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=allmusic.com\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bing-crosby-cbs-radio-recordings-1954-56-mw0001951404\|website=allmusic.com\|accessdate=December 8, 2017}}</ref>		*] recorded the song in 1956<ref>{{cite web\|title=A Bing Crosby Discography\|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/CBS.html \|website=BING magazine\|publisher=International Club Crosby\|accessdate=December 8, 2017}}</ref> for use on his ] and it was subsequently included in the box set ''The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)'' issued by ] (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=allmusic.com\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bing-crosby-cbs-radio-recordings-1954-56-mw0001951404\|website=allmusic.com\|accessdate=December 8, 2017}}</ref>
	*In 1969, the song was subsequently recorded by ]. In the Vogues' version the lyric line: "Like a ten-cent soda doesn't cost a dime", was replaced by the lyric: "Like the song I'm singing doesn't mean a rhyme," because the former lyric line was considered outdated.		*In 1969, the song was subsequently recorded by ]. In the Vogues' version the lyric line: "Like a ten-cent soda doesn't cost a dime", was replaced by the lyric: "Like the song I'm singing doesn't mean a rhyme," because the former lyric line was considered outdated.
	*Also in 1969, ].		*Also in 1969, ] recorded their version.
	*Both of these versions, charted on the US Easy Listening and ] chart,<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=226}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=251}}</ref> as well as the first two lines of the second verse are omitted and replaced by an instrumental in both versions.		*Both of these versions, recorded in 1969, charted on the US Easy Listening and ] chart,<ref>{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=226}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book \|title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001\|last=Whitburn \|first=Joel \|authorlink=Joel Whitburn \|year=2002 \|publisher=Record Research \|page=251}}</ref> as well as the first two lines of the second verse are omitted and replaced by an instrumental in both versions.
	*British singer ] also recorded a version of this song for his 1992 studio album ']'.		*British singer ] also recorded a version of this song for his 1992 studio album ']'.

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"No, Not Much" is a popular song published in 1955. The music was written by Robert Allen, the lyrics by Al Stillman. The most popular version was recorded by The Four Lads. It was one of a large number of Stillman-Allen compositions that were recorded by the quartet.

Background

The song is an ironic protestation of love, in which the lover rhetorically denies his devotion but then continually undercuts and enfeebles the denial until the exact opposite is conveyed.

The Four Lads recording

The recording by The Four Lads was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40629. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 28, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart it peaked at #2; on the Best Seller chart, at #4; on the Juke Box chart, at #4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #3. It became a gold record.

Cover Versions

Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 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.
In 1969, the song was subsequently recorded by The Vogues. In the Vogues' version the lyric line: "Like a ten-cent soda doesn't cost a dime", was replaced by the lyric: "Like the song I'm singing doesn't mean a rhyme," because the former lyric line was considered outdated.
Also in 1969, The Smoke Ring recorded their version.
Both of these versions, recorded in 1969, charted on the US Easy Listening and Hot 100 chart, as well as the first two lines of the second verse are omitted and replaced by an instrumental in both versions.
British singer Robert Palmer also recorded a version of this song for his 1992 studio album 'Ridin' High'.

Song in Popular Culture

This song also appeared in an episode of the TV show "Scrubs." It was sung by Ted Buckland's hospital employee a capella band "The Worthless Peons" in the 4th-season episode "My Ocardial Infarction".
It is also one of the songs of its era included in the Broadway musical "Forever Plaid".

References

"45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 236. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
"A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
"allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 226.
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 251.

v t e The Four Lads
Don Farrar Aaron Bruce Frank Busseri Alan Sokoloff James F. Arnold Corrado Codarini Johnny D'Arc Sid Edwards John Bernard Toorish
Studio albums	Frankie Laine and the Four Lads (with Frankie Laine) On the Sunny Side Breezin' Along Swing Along Everything Goes!!!
Singles	"The Mocking Bird" "Somebody Loves Me" "Faith Can Move Mountains" "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" "Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" "Skokiaan" "Moments to Remember" "No, Not Much!" "Standing On the Corner" "My Little Angel" "A House with Love in It" "The Bus Stop Song" "Who Needs You?" "I Just Don't Know" "Put a Light in the Window" "There's Only One of You" "Enchanted Island" "My Heart's Symphony"

The Four Lads

Don Farrar
Aaron Bruce
Frank Busseri
Alan Sokoloff

James F. Arnold
Corrado Codarini
Johnny D'Arc
Sid Edwards
John Bernard Toorish

Studio albums

Frankie Laine and the Four Lads (with Frankie Laine)
On the Sunny Side
Breezin' Along
Swing Along
Everything Goes!!!

Singles

"The Mocking Bird"
"Somebody Loves Me"
"Faith Can Move Mountains"
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"
"Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea"
"Skokiaan"
"Moments to Remember"
"No, Not Much!"
"Standing On the Corner"
"My Little Angel"
"A House with Love in It"
"The Bus Stop Song"
"Who Needs You?"
"I Just Don't Know"
"Put a Light in the Window"
"There's Only One of You"
"Enchanted Island"
"My Heart's Symphony"

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