The Mickey Rooney Show three stormy marriages by the early 1950s to actresses Ava Gardner, Martha Vickers, and Betty Jane Rase had marred his wholesome "Andy Hardy" image. (His fourth wife at the time, Elaine, was not an actress.) Although Rooney was thirty-four years old in 1954, his character Mickey Mulligan was only twenty-three. The series aired from August 28, 1954, to June 4, 1955 on Saturday evenings opposite the first half-hour of both CBS's "The Jackie Gleason Show" and ABC's "The Dotty Mack Show", a low-budget novelty program in which Dotty Mack lip-synced many of the works of other singers. Rooney's then-manager Maurice
Mickey (song) on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of All Time, #16 on "20 to 1"'s Top 20 One Hit Wonders Countdown and #57 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s". It has also appeared on multiple "greatest" or "best" lists and countdowns. US 7" single International 7" single US 12" single Alternate US 12" single The UK singer Lolly scored a top five hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1999. In addition, there is also a karaoke version of the cover on the album. UK CD single 1 UK CD single 2 UK Cassette single Mickey (song) "Mickey"