"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
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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
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