The Garden of Eden (song)
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"The Garden of Eden" is a song written and composed by Dennise Haas Norwood, and first recorded by Joe Valino,[1] which reached Number 12 on the Billboard chart in October 1956.[2] 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.[3]
In the UK the most popular version was recorded by the singer
UK Singles Chart on 11 January 1957, spent four weeks at the top,[4] and 13 weeks in the charts all together.[1] Gary Miller also released his version in the UK around the same time, and it reached No. 14 on the chart.[5]
Other versions of the song have also been recorded by Dick James and Paul Raven.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Fisher, Bob; Theo Morgan (2011). 1957 British Hit Parade — Part 1: January–June (booklet). various artists. UK: Acrobat Music. ACQCD7024.
- ISBN 0-8230-7622-9, p. 25.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Gary Miller". The Official Charts Company.