"Left Right Out Of Your Heart" is a pop song written by

Mort Garson Morton Sanford Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008) was a Canadian composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s, such as '' Mother Earth's Plantasia'' (1976), He also ...

, with lyrics by

Earl Shuman Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

. The best-known version was recorded by

Patti Page Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known professionally as Patti Page, was an American singer and actress. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female ar ...

in 1958. This recording was released by

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...

as catalog number 71331. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 30, 1958. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at # 9; on the Best Seller chart, at # 14; on the "Hot 100" composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached # 13. "Left Right Out of Your Heart" was Page's final Top Ten entry and

certified Gold Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

million seller until "

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte ''Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Mary Astor in her final film role. It fol ...

" became Page's last Top Ten hit and Gold million seller in 1965. "Left Right Out of Your Heart" afforded Page a #6 hit in Australia.

References

Songs with lyrics by Earl Shuman 1958 singles Patti Page songs Songs written by Mort Garson 1958 songs Mercury Records singles {{1950s-single-stub