Artist: Connie Francis
Author: Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman
Label: MGM
Year: 1960
As B-side of Where The Boys Are. Her two earlier attempts were shelved.
Covers:
Brenda Lee [at the age of 15; B-side of Too Many Rivers in '65]
Ray Charles [hit US & UK]
Johnny Adams [with Dr. John on piano]
Doc Pomus' demo put any other version in the shade. According to Mort Shuman, Doc was "the greatest blue-eyed shouter of them all".
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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