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Wikipedia article




"'Goodnight My Love'" is a popular song written by George Motola and John Marascalco in 1956.

Background



The song was originally recorded by Jesse Belvin and released in 1956. John Marascalco produced the recording for Modern Records. Some sources claim that Barry White - who would have been 11 years old at the time - played piano on this recording.[https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/303998/versions#nav-entity "Goodnight My Love." Second Hand Songs.]

However, in an interview in 1995 White denied this

Charts



The Jesse Belvin recording reached #7 on the US 'Billboard' R&B chart in 1956.

The Paul Anka 1968 recording reached #27 on the 'Billboard' singles chart in a 10-week chart run in 1969. The single peaked at #18 on the 'Record World' chart and #13 in Canada.[https://tsort.info/music/em2au3.htm Song artist 48 - Paul Anka.tsort.]

Recorded versions



*Amy Lee Feat. John Lee

*Barry White 1989

*Dee Dee Sharp 1963

*The Honeys 1969

*Jerry Vale 1969

*Jane Morgan 1969

*El DeBarge

*Paul Anka 1968

*Paula Abdul 1992

*Jesse Belvin 1956

*Brook Benton 1968

*Barry Biggs 1976

*James Brown

*Alex Chilton 1999

*Harry Connick, Jr. 2004

*Tony Danza

*Gloria Estefan 1994

*The Fleetwoods, whose 1963 version reached #32 on the U.S. Pop chart.

*The Four Seasons 1963

*Art Garfunkel 1996

*Jay and the Americans 1969

*Screamin' Jay Hawkins

*John Holt

*Ben E. King 1965

*Gladys Knight & the Pips

*Los Lobos 1987

*The McGuire Sisters 1956

*Little Milton 1984

*Rocke-Pelle with Sigurd Jansen and his Rockin' Five. Recorded in Oslo on June 20, 1958. Released on the single Fontana 268 003 TF

*Ray Peterson 1959

*The Tymes

*Bobby Vinton 1963

*The Vogues 1970

*Lou Rawls 1990

*Tavares 1977

*Aaron Neville 2012

References



Category:1956 songs

Category:Songs written by John Marascalco

Category:The McGuire Sisters songs

Category:Barry White songs

Category:Paul Anka songs

Category:Paula Abdul songs

Category:Brook Benton songs

Category:Harry Connick Jr. songs

Category:Gloria Estefan songs

Category:The Fleetwoods songs

Category:The Four Seasons (band) songs

Category:Art Garfunkel songs

Category:Jay and the Americans songs

Category:Ben E. King songs

Category:Gladys Knight & the Pips songs

Category:Los Lobos songs

Category:The Tymes songs

Category:The Vogues songs

Category:Songs written by George Motola

Category:1956 singles

Category:Modern Records singles

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