It's a nostalgia thing. My mother used to listen to him a lot (along with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., 101 Strings, Englebert Humperdinck, and the like) when I was growing up (so I immediately rebelled and listened to Foreignor Black Sabbath and Wonder Stuff Aerosmith), so every year on this date, I listen to a lot of weird things.
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