This summertime ’59 ballad would achieve even greater popularity at the hands of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show in 1976 (listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0-OKKOJl4 ).
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 27, Billboard 28, Cash Box 32 - R&B Peak: 13
THE 1959 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1959 (some were recorded in 1958).