![]() The only other one that approaches the original, in my opinion, is the 1987 rendition by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.īobby Darin was an incredibly talented man whose entire, short life was clouded by the fact that he knew his health was bad, from bouts of rheumatic fever in childhood, and that he would not live very long. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.Ī lot of groups and solo singers have covered this song, but no other versions are as good as the original. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached No. It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which Spector was ever a member and was released in September 1958. The song was written by Phil Spector and, according to Wiki, inspired by the words on his father’s tombstone (same as the words in the song title with one small exception), “To Know Him Was To Love Him.” Those adolescent yearnings for mixing with the opposite sex had set in, and this song lit a fuse under those yearnings. I was only 12 when this song was released, and I have a vivid memory of hearing it at a “mixer” at some place like an American Legion hall in when I was about 14 and in the eighth grade. :: “To Know Him Is to Love Him” by The Teddy Bears. As a bonus, they have interesting back stories. Today, I’m dipping back even further, picking three songs that were recorded in 1958 and became big hits. ![]() Last time, if you’ll remember, I went with five songs from 1961, headed by “Tossin’ and Turnin’ ” by Bobby Lewis. I’ve got a nice mix of songs for you today. What’s a person to do, then, to escape the Covid/political funk? What’s a person to do? People are driving too fast and scaring the wits out of me we’ve got an idiot for a governor (I’m talking Missouri, of course) and we’ve got a President whose vocabulary is so limited he doesn’t know “origins” from “oranges.” (I trust he knows apples from oranges.) ![]()
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