"To a Sleeping Beauty" - Jimmy Dean

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   Does anyone know if a short radio edit/length of Jimmy Dean's "Sleeping Beauty" was ever issued on a promo 45?  CD times for this song run 5:12-5:14, which I imagine would've been considered a bit lengthy by most Top 40 radio programmers' standards, especially in 1962.

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Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "To a Sleeping Beauty" - Jimmy Dean Posted: 16 December 2011 at 11:50pm
	Does anyone know if a short radio edit/length of Jimmy Dean's "Sleeping Beauty" was ever issued on a promo 45? CD times for this song run 5:12-5:14, which I imagine would've been considered a bit lengthy by most Top 40 radio programmers' standards, especially in 1962.

TomDiehl1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 January 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomDiehl1 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2011 at 10:01pm
	My promotional copy, confirmed as Columbia 4-42282, has a listed time of (5:10) and an actual time of (5:13). My stock copy lists no play time on the label but is the same length.
	Live in stereo.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2011 at 10:10pm
	Thanks for passing along the info, Tom. I don't know how common it was back in 1962 for radio stations to be serviced with more than one promo 45 release for a song, so this may simply be a rare instance of an early '60s single having an unusually lengthy run time. Nonetheless, if anyone else does happen to have a "To a Sleeping Beauty" promo 45 with a shorter edit or length, please come forward.