Other Versions
Other song remakes to chart have included renditions by Chuck Jackson (1964), Manfred Mann (1965), Jay and the Americans (1969), The Vogues (1970), Lenny Welch (1973), Ricky Nelson, Barbra Streisand (1974), Patti LaBelle (1977), Art Garfunkel (1979), Don McLean (1981), Gloria Loring (1986), Johnny Mathis (1989), The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1998) and Ron Sexsmith (2012).
Don McLean's version, reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981, is the cover version to come closest to the success of the Skyliners' original in the USA. In the UK, Art Garfunkel reached #38, in July 1979. In 1994, the song was incorporated into the first Broadway revival of Grease as a solo for Sandy, near the end of the first act, and sung by Susan Wood. Subsequent versions of the musical have not included the song.
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