What year was the song 'Straighten Up and Fly Right' released?

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Cole's first mainstream vocal hit was his 1943 recording of one of his compositions, "Straighten Up and Fly right", based on a black folk tale that his father had used as a theme for a sermon. Johnny Mercer invited him to record it for the fledgling Capitol Records label. It sold over 500,000 copies, and proved that folk-based material could appeal to a wide audience.

Borrowed from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole
(First paragraph under early singing career)

I think it sounded way better when Jacob Hoggard (on Canadian Idol 2) sang it.

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