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Written as a joke by the team of DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson, the song "Sonny Boy" from the movie The Singing Fool became the first million seller record, and the first million seller sheet music. Not only that, but the movie The Singing Fool itself was the most successful movie ever until Gone With The Wind overtook it a decade later. But this is not the correct answer to the question. Try again!

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