ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)

Created on 07/03/2006
Latest update on 27/04/2021

Artist: Platters
Author: Buck Ram/Ande Rand
Label: Federal
Year: 1954

Written by their manager and pianist Buck Ram. Rejected by Sid Nathan so the band moved from Federal to Mercury where a new version became a worldwide hit in '55.

Covers:

1955:

Hilltoppers

1956:

Little Richard

1956:

Luis Mariano [as Loin de vous]

1956:

François Deguelt [idem]

1956:

Carmen Déziel [as Rien que vous]

1957:

Carl Perkins

1957:

Gino Latilla [as Solo Tu]

1959:

Louis Armstrong

1959:

Helmut Zacharias

1961:

Anita Lindblom [as Bara Du]

1963:

Mr. Acker Bilk

1963:

Brenda Lee

1969:

Bobby Hatfield

1974:

Ringo Starr [produced by John Lennon, recording his own demo; top 10 US]

1978:

Loleatta Holloway & Bunny Sigler

1981:

Reba McEntire

1982:

Five Satins

1996:

Roger Filip En De Gentse Tetters [as Gij Aliene]

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