Two lips must insist
On two more to be kissed,
Or they'll never know
What love can do.
To each his own. . . .
Sinatra turned the song down because its wide-ranged wails were too awkward to sing. Bandleaders and record companies were similarly shy. Then a Chicago crooner named Eddie Howard gave it a whirl. Within a month To Each His Own climbed to first place in the popular-song polls. Last week it was firmly established as the No. 1 song hit of the season.
To Each His Own (published by Paramount Music Corp.) is the first success of Ray Evans and Jay Livingston. In...