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The Garden of Eden (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'The Garden of Eden'" is a song written and composed by Dennise Haas Norwood, and first recorded by Joe Valino, which reached Number 12 on the 'Billboard' chart in October 1956.
Valino recorded the song at his second session for Vik Records, a subsidiary of RCA. "I knew it would be a hit, even as I was recording it," he told Wayne Jancik in 'The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders'.Wayne Jancik, 'The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders', expanded first edition (Billboard Books, 1998) , p. 25.
In the UK the most popular version was recorded by the singer Frankie Vaughan, and gave him his first No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom in early 1957. The song first entered the UK Singles Chart on 11 January 1957, spent four weeks at the top, and 13 weeks in the charts all together.
Other versions of the song have also been recorded by Dick James, Gary Miller, and Paul Raven.
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Category:1956 songs
Category:1957 singles
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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