"When" is a popular

song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

written by Jack Reardon and Paul Evans and published in 1958.

The Kalin Twins version

The biggest hit version was recorded by

The Kalin Twins The Kalin Twins (born February 16, 1934), also known as Hal and Herbie, were an American pop singing, songwriting and recording duo, formed in 1958 by twin brothers Harold Kalin and Herbert Kalin. The duo is best remembered for their number one ...

in 1958, a

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in the UK Singles Chart for five weeks, No. 2 in

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, and No. 5 in the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the French singles charts of 1958, it spent 18 weeks as No. 1, and in the

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the song charted for 30 weeks and was also a No. 1 for 5 weeks.

Album appearances

The song was included on the compilation album ''The Original Hit Performances! The Late Fifties'', Decca Records, 1959 (DL 4005), and on the oldies compilations ''Vintage Music, Volume One'', MCA Records, 1986 (MCA-1429) CD (MCA-31198), ''50's Hits: Great Records of the Decade'', Curb Records, 1990 CD (D2-77354), and ''Glory Days of Rock n' Roll: Teen Ballads'', Warner Special Products, 1999 (OPCD 3551).

Cover versions

In 1958, the title "When" by Danyel Gérard, a French adaptation, was released in September on his first 45 rpm record at Barclay. In 1958, a German version of "When" was recorded as "Wenn" by German

Schlager music Schlager (, " hit(s)") is a style of European popular music and radio format generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics. Schlager tracks are typ ...

group Die James Brothers, released in 1959. In 1977,

Showaddywaddy Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. They have spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and have had 10 ...

had a UK No. 3 hit with the song. The song was revived in 2004 by

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in his album of songs from the 1950s and 1960s, ''The Jukebox Years.''

References

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The Kalin Twins version

Album appearances

Cover versions

See also

References