Google says "Chow Willy" was recorded by Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford (in 1952, I found elsewhere). I was sure it couldn't be the same song, but Amazon has a sound clip that proves that it was. On this page, Jo Stafford said she didn't want to record the song, but Mitch Miller made her do it.
Apparently, Marais and Miranda recorded the song, also.
-Joe Offer-