"My Heart Belongs to Only You" is a song written by Frank Daniels & Dorothy Daniels.

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and

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both released versions of the song in 1952. In 1953, the song reached No. 27 on ''

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''s chart of "The Nation's Top 50 Best Selling Records", in a tandem ranking of June Christy, Bette McLaurin, these versions were marked as bestsellers.

Bobby Vinton recording

The most successful version of the song was recorded by

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on October 23, 1963, and released in February 1964, backed by arranger/conductor Stan Applebaum, and which was released in February 1964. It was released as a single and on the album ''

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''. Bobby Vinton's version spent 9 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, while reaching No. 2 on ''

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''s Middle-Road Singles chart, No. 8 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100, No. 8 on the ''

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'' Top 100 Pop chart, and No. 15 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.

Other recordings

*In 1953,

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, and

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both recorded versions of the song. *Mary Swan released a version of "My Heart Belongs to Only You" in 1958. Swan performed the song on

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's ''

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''. *

Jackie Wilson Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer and performer of the 1950s and 60s. He was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", he was considered a mas ...

released a version of "My Heart Belongs to Only You" in 1961, which spent 6 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 65, while reaching No. 48 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. *The Standards released their version in 1963 on Chess records.

References

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