"(You've Got) The Magic Touch" is a song written by

Buck Ram Samuel "Buck" Ram (November 21, 1907 – January 1, 1991) was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger. He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years, alongside Paul Simon, Kris Kristofferson, Jimm ...

, and performed by

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. It reached #4 on both the U.S. pop chart and the U.S. R&B chart in 1956. The song was ranked #36 on ''

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'' magazine's Top 50 singles of 1956.

Other versions

*The song was sampled in the 1956 novelty song "

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" by Bill Buchanan and

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. *Buck Ram and His Orchestra released a version on their 1959 EP ''The Magic Touch''. * Billy Walker released a version as a single in 1977, but it did not chart.

References

1956 songs 1956 singles 1977 singles The Platters songs Billy Walker (musician) songs Mercury Records singles Songs written by Buck Ram Song recordings produced by Ray Pennington {{1950s-R&B-song-stub