"Forever" is a song written by

Buddy Killen William Doyce “Buddy” Killen (November 13, 1932 – November 1, 2006) was an American record producer and music publisher, and a former owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and Tree International Publishing, the largest country music p ...

, which was released by

The Little Dippers Anita Jean Kerr (née Grilli, October 13, 1927 – October 10, 2022) was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and Record producer, music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Tenn ...

and Billy Walker in January 1960.

Background and chart performance

Using the pseudonym "The Little Dippers", the

Anita Kerr Singers Anita Jean Kerr (née Grilli, October 13, 1927 – October 10, 2022) was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Eur ...

recorded "Forever" in the fall of 1959. Their version of the song was released in January 1960, and spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 13 on

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CHUM Hit Parade The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 (and, until August 1968, the top 50) songs on Toronto, Ontario radio station CHUM AM, from 1957 to 1986, and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world produced by an individual radio station. On Janua ...

Cover versions

* Billy Walker also released a version of the song in January 1960, which spent 1 week on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 83. *In 1964,

Pete Drake Roddis Franklin "Pete" Drake (October 8, 1932 – July 29, 1988), was a Nashville-based American record producer and pedal steel guitar player. One of the most sought-after backup musicians of the 1960s, Drake played on such hits as Lynn Anderson' ...

released a cover of the song, which spent 11 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 25, while reaching No. 5 on ''

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''s Pop-Standard Singles chart, and No. 17 on Canada's

. *In 1969,

Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...

released a cover of the song, which spent 5 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 79, while reaching No. 24 on ''Billboard''s

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chart, No. 60 on Canada's ''

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'' 100, and No. 24 on ''RPM''s Adult Contemporary chart.Adult
, ''RPM Weekly'', Volume 11, Ed. 23. July 28, 1969. Accessed June 9, 2016.

References

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