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. The song's melody is based on the

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. The song spent nine weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching No. 44, while reaching No. 47 on the ''

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'' Top 100, and No. 29 on Canada's

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, CHUM, November 17, 1958. Retrieved February 11, 2018.

Chart performance

References

1958 songs 1958 singles Swan Records singles {{1950s-single-stub