The song reached No. 6 on the Cash Box Top 50, in a tandem ranking of The Dream Weavers, Jo Stafford, David Carroll, Snooky Lanson, and Lawrence Welk's versions, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions marked as bestsellers,[2] while reaching No. 4 on Cash Box's chart of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", in the same tandem ranking.[3] The song also reached No. 4 on Billboard's Honor Roll of Hits, with The Dream Weavers and Jo Stafford's versions listed as best sellers.[4]
The song was ranked No. 36 on Billboard's ranking of "1956's Top Tunes", based on the Honor Roll of Hits.[5]
The Dream Weavers version
The Dream Weavers, a singing group including writers Adkinson and Buff, recorded the most successful version of the song for Decca Records (catalog number 29683).[6] Their version first charted in Billboard on November 12, 1955, and reached No. 7 on Billboard's chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes,[7] No. 8 on Billboard's Top 100,[8] No. 8 on Billboard's chart of Best Sellers in Stores,[9] No. 10 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys,[10][11] and No. 9 on Cash Box's chart of "The Ten Records Disk Jockeys Played Most This Week".[12] The Dream Weavers' version also reached No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart.[13][14]
Jo Stafford also released a hit version of the song in 1955 (Columbia Records catalog number 40595).[15] Stafford's version reached No. 14 on Billboard's chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes,[16] No. 19 on Billboard's Top 100,[17] No. 25 on Billboard's chart of Best Sellers in Stores,[18] and No. 20 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys.[10][19]
Other versions
Snooky Lanson released a version of the song in 1955, which reached No. 20 on Billboard's Top 100,[20] No. 20 on Billboard's chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes,[21] and No. 20 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys.[22][23]
David Carroll released a version of the song in 1955, with vocals by the Jack Halloran Singers.[24] Carroll's version reached No. 20 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys,[25] and No. 34 on Billboard's Top 100.[20][24]
In the UK, the song was covered by Eve Boswell in March 1956 on Parlophone MSP 6220 [26] and later, Mark Wynter in November 1963. That was released by Pye Records as catalogue number 7N15577. His cover version peaked at No. 12 on the UK's Record Retailer chart.[27][1]