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Love Me Tonight (Tom Jones song)

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"Love Me Tonight"
Single by Tom Jones
B-side"Hide and Seek"
ReleasedMay 1969 (1969-05)
GenrePop
Length3:15
LabelParrot
Songwriter(s)Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri, Barry Mason
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan
Tom Jones singles chronology
"A Minute of Your Time"
(1968)
"Love Me Tonight"
(1969)
"Without Love (There Is Nothing)"
(1969)

"Love Me Tonight" is a song performed by Tom Jones. It reached #2 on the adult contemporary chart, #9 on the UK Singles Chart, and #13 on the U.S. pop chart in 1969.[1]

The song was arranged by Johnnie Spence and produced by Peter Sullivan.[2]

The song ranked #94 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1969.[3]

Original song

"Alla fine della strada"
Single by Junior Magli
B-side"Il mio amico angelo"
ReleasedJanuary 1969
Length2:48
LabelJolly
Songwriter(s)Lorenzo Pilat, Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace
Junior Magli singles chronology
"La nostra favola"
(1968)
"Alla fine della strada"
(1969)
"Apri la porta"
(1969)

"Love Me Tonight" is a reworked English-language version of the Italian song "Alla fine della strada" ("To the End of the Road"), which was written by Lorenzo Pilat, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and Daniele Pace, and performed by Junior Magli and the Casuals at the Sanremo Music Festival 1969. British author and songwriter Barry Mason wrote the English lyrics, which bear no relation to the original Italian.

Other versions

References

  1. ^ "Tom Jones, "Love Me Tonight" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tom Jones, "Love Me Tonight" Single Release". Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Top Records of 1969" (PDF). Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 27, 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ronnie Aldrich and His Two Pianos, Destination Love". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Casuals, Hour World". Discogs. July 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  6. ^ "Ray Conniff and The Singers, Jean". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Martin Denny, Exotic Moog". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ted Heath and His Music, The Big Ones". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  9. ^ "James Last, Non Stop Dancing 9". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  10. ^ "Johnny Mathis, Love Theme from "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time for Us)". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Mantovani, The World of Mantovani". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  12. ^ "The Alan Caddy Orchestra & Singers, The Tom Jones Story". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Superstar". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Pink Lady, Pink Lady". Discogs. 1979. Retrieved March 28, 2019.