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My Heart Belongs to Only You

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"My Heart Belongs to Only You"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album There! I've Said It Again
B-side"Warm and Tender"
ReleasedFebruary 1964
RecordedOctober 23, 1963[1]
GenrePop
Length2:42
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Frank Daniels & Dorothy Daniels
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"There! I've Said It Again"
(1963)
"My Heart Belongs to Only You"
(1964)
"Tell Me Why"
(1964)

"My Heart Belongs to Only You" is a song written by Frank Daniels & Dorothy Daniels.[2] Bette McLaurin and June Christy both released versions of the song in 1952.[3][4] In 1953, the song reached No. 27 on Cash Box's chart of "The Nation's Top 50 Best Selling Records", in a tandem ranking of June Christy, Bette McLaurin, these versions were marked as bestsellers.[5]

Bobby Vinton recording[edit]

The most successful version of the song was recorded by Bobby Vinton on October 23, 1963, and released in February 1964,[6] backed by arranger/conductor Stan Applebaum, and which was released in February 1964.[7] It was released as a single and on the album There! I've Said It Again.[8] Bobby Vinton's version spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[9] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[10][11] No. 8 on the Cash Box Top 100,[12] No. 8 on the Music Vendor Top 100 Pop chart,[13] and No. 15 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[14]

Charts[edit]