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with music by Gene Adkinson and lyrics by Wade Buff. The song was actually written in 1953, when Adkinson and Buff were in high school. Hit versions were released in 1955 by The Dream Weavers,

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, David Carroll, and

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. The song reached No. 6 on the ''

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'' Top 50, in a tandem ranking of The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, Snooky Lanson, and

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's versions, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions marked as bestsellers, while reaching No. 4 on ''Cash Box''s chart of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", in the same tandem ranking. The song also reached No. 4 on ''

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''s Honor Roll of Hits, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions listed as best sellers. The song was ranked No. 36 on ''Billboard''s ranking of "1956's Top Tunes", based on the Honor Roll of Hits.

The Dream Weavers version

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(catalog number 29683). Their version first charted in ''Billboard'' on November 12, 1955, and reached No. 7 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, No. 8 on ''Billboard''s Top 100, No. 8 on ''Billboard''s chart of Best Sellers in Stores, No. 10 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys,Most Played by Jockeys
, ''

'', December 10, 1955. p. 38. Retrieved April 8, 2018. and No. 9 on ''Cash Box''s chart of "The Ten Records Disk Jockeys Played Most This Week". The Dream Weavers' version also reached No. 1 on the UK's ''

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'' chart.

Jo Stafford version

Jo Stafford also released a hit version of the song in 1955 (

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catalog number 40595). Stafford's version reached No. 14 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, No. 19 on ''Billboard''s Top 100, No. 25 on ''Billboard''s chart of Best Sellers in Stores, and No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys.

Other versions

released a version of the song in 1955, which reached No. 20 on ''Billboard''s Top 100,The Top 100
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'', December 17, 1955. p. 58. Retrieved April 8, 2018. No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, and No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys. David Carroll released a version of the song in 1955, with vocals by the

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Singers. Whitburn, Joel (1987) ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 57. Carroll's version reached No. 20 on ''Billboard''s chart of Most Played by Jockeys, and No. 34 on ''Billboard''s Top 100. In the UK, the song was

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by Eve Boswell in March 1956 on

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MSP 6220 and later,

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in November 1963. That was released by

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as catalogue number 7N15577. His cover version peaked at No. 12 on the UK's ''

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'' chart.

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recorded the song for his ''

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'' album for

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in 1965. Jimmy Velvet released a version in 1965, which reached No. 93 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and No. 29 on ''Billboard''s

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chart.Top 40 Easy Listening
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'', June 5, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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The Dream Weavers version

Jo Stafford version

Other versions

See also

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