kames returned to milwaukee after world war ii. he bought a hammond organ and continued to record independently. he composed his first pop song, "you are my one true love", in 1949, which was based on a polish folk song. kames released the song through a wisconsin record company, as he was rejected by the major record labels. he paid for the first 5,000 copies himself. his luck changed when the song was picked up by london records, an english record label. the song became a hit, selling over a million copies, and was later recorded by frankie yankovic and lawrence welk.