My Adobe Hacienda

"My Adobe Hacienda" is a song composed by Louise Massey and Lee Penny.[1] It first became popular in 1941 with Massey's recorded version, where it placed at #23. The song was most popular in 1947 when Eddy Howard took the song to #2.[1] That year the song was also recorded by Kenny Baker (#16), the Dinning Sisters (#9), and the Billy Williams Quartet (#13).[1][2] Massey's original recording was re-released, and this time attained a chart position of #16.[1] Between May and June 1947, the song appeared on Your Hit Parade for three weeks.[1] Billboard listed it as 1947's 12th best seller in sheet music.[3] Art Kassel released the song as a Vogue picture disc.[4]

In the lyrics, the singer describes a sense of fulfillment in both life and love when at "my adobe hacienda."[1]

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