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Not to be confused with Over the Mountain or Over the Mountains.
"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea"
Single by Johnnie & Joe
B-side"My Baby's Gone, On, On"
ReleasedApril 1957
GenreR&B, doo wop
Length2:15
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Rex Garvin
Johnnie & Joe singles chronology
"It Was There"
(1957) 		"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea"
(1957) 		"I Was So Lonely"
(1957)

"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" is a song written by Rex Garvin.[1] The song was a hit for Johnnie & Joe in 1957 and Bobby Vinton in 1963.

"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" was originally released by Johnnie & Joe in 1957. Johnnie & Joe's version reached No. 8 on Billboard's "Top 100 Sides" chart,[2] No. 3 on Billboard's chart of "R&B Best Sellers in Stores",[3] and No. 6 on Billboard's chart of "Most Played R&B by Jockeys".[4]

Bobby Vinton released a cover of the song in 1963. Vinton's version spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 21,[5] while reaching No. 8 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[6][7] and No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[8]

Skip & Flip released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1962 single "One More Drink for Julie".[9]

References

  1. ^ "Honor Roll of Hits", Billboard, July 8, 1957. p. 36. Accessed October 21, 2015
  2. ^ "Top 100 Sides", Billboard, July 22, 1957. p. 62. Accessed October 21, 2015
  3. ^ "R&B Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, June 24, 1957. p. 59. Accessed October 21, 2015
  4. ^ "Most Played R&B by Jockeys", Billboard, June 10, 1957. p. 60. Accessed October 21, 2015
  5. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015
  6. ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015
  7. ^ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, April 27, 1963. p. 40. Accessed October 21, 2015
  8. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of April 08, 1963". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chart No. 317.
  9. ^ Skip & Flip, "One More Drink for Julie" single release Retrieved February 12, 2016.


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