"Save Your Heart for Me" is a song written by

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and

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. The song was originally written for and recorded by singer

Brian Hyland Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop singer and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s. AllMusic journalist Jason Ankeny says "Hyland's puppy-love pop vir ...

in 1963. Although not released as a

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in its own right, it was included as the

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to Hyland's song, "I'm Afraid to Go Home," and appeared on Hyland's 1994 greatest hits album. "Save Your Heart for Me" is best known in a version recorded in 1965 by American pop group Gary Lewis & the Playboys and appears on the group's 1965 album ''A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys''. Lewis and his band released their version as a single in June 1965, and it peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart the week of August 21, 1965, behind "

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" by

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Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) It went to number one on the ''Billboard'' easy listening chart for three weeks in August 1965.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), p. 36. The song was

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in 1993 on his album '' Good Friends''. Lewis credited the success of the record to both producer

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and to the short length of the song. Since it was less than two minutes duration, Lewis has stated that "(I)t was played everywhere. Deejays loved it." This song is noted for Lewis's whistling, which is heard in the instrumental introduction, as well as in the brief instrumental portion, before Lewis concludes the song.

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Single release info at discogs.com
1963 songs 1965 singles Brian Hyland songs Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs RPM Top Singles number-one singles Pop ballads Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Songs with music by Gary Geld Songs with lyrics by Peter Udell Liberty Records singles {{1960s-pop-song-stub

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