"Please Love Me Forever" is a song written by John Malone and Ollie Blanchard. The song was originally released by

Tommy Edwards Thomas Jefferson Edwards (October 15, 1922 – October 23, 1969) was an American singer and songwriter. His most successful record was the multi-million-selling song " It's All in the Game", becoming the first African-American to reach No. 1 on ...

in 1958. Hit versions were later released by

Cathy Jean and the Roommates Cathy Jean and the Roommates (also spelled ) are an American vocal group who recorded in the early 1960s, and had a US pop hit in 1961 with "Please Love Me Forever". A version of the group, fronted by original singer Cathy Jean Giordano (now Cath ...

in 1960 and

Bobby Vinton Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is a American former singer and occasional actor, who also hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid trib ...

in 1967.

Tommy Edwards version

released "Please Love Me Forever" as the B-side of his million-selling, number-one hit version of It's All in the Game in 1958. Edwards' version of "Please Love Me Forever" spent 3 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 61.

Cathy Jean and the Roommates version

Cathy Jean and the Roommates released a cover of "Please Love Me Forever" in 1960.This Week's New Money Records
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'', October 10, 1960. p. 33. Accessed October 11, 2018 Their version was released as a single and on the album ''At the Hop!''Pollock, Bruce (2014).
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. p. 284. Retrieved March 23, 2018. It spent 12 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1961, peaking at No. 12, while reaching No. 23 on

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's CHUM Hit Parade. The song also reached No. 10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 in 1961, in a tandem ranking of Cathy Jean and the Roommates and

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's versions, with Cathy Jean and the Roommates' version marked as a bestseller. Cathy Jean and the Roommates' version was ranked No. 88 on ''

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''s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".

Bobby Vinton version

In 1967, Bobby Vinton released the most successful version of "Please Love Me Forever" as a single and on his album of the same name. Vinton's version spent 13 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 6, while reaching No. 5 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100, No. 5 on ''

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''s "100 Top Pops", No. 1 on

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, No. 8 in

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, and No. 39 on ''

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chart. Vinton's version was ranked No. 43 on ''Billboard''s end of year ranking " Top Records of 1967: Hot 100 – 1967", while being ranked No. 46 on ''Cash Box''s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1967", and No. 30 on "The ''RPM'' 100 Top Singles of 1967".The RPM 100 Top Singles of 1967
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'', Volume 8, No. 19, January 06, 1968. Accessed July 28, 2016.

References

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