Sealed with a Kiss
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| “Sealed With a Kiss” | |||||
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| Single by Bobby Vinton from the album Sealed With a Kiss |
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| Released | 1972 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer(s) | Peter Udell, Gary Geld | ||||
| Bobby Vinton singles chronology | |||||
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"Sealed with a Kiss" is the title of a song written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It was first recorded in 1960 by The Four Voices. While their version was released as a single, it failed to make a significant impact. In 1962, Brian Hyland, a frequent recorder of Udell's and Geld's material, released the song as a single. It became very popular, charting as high as # 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. It charted in the UK at # 7 when re-released in 1975. Hyland also recorded a version in German.
The song became a hit again in 1968 when Gary Lewis and the Playboys released it as a single. This version also had a high placing on the Hot 100.
A third Top 40 Hot 100 version came in 1972, when Bobby Vinton released his version as a single. This version also placed high on Billboard's adult contemporary chart.
In 1989, Jason Donovan topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks with his version, which featured on his debut album Ten Good Reasons. Donovan's version was a departure from the aforementioned three in that it featured elements of dance music.
Other artists who have recorded this song include:
- Agnetha Fältskog (in 2004 for her album, My Colouring Book, a collection of Fältskog's covers)
- Shelley Fabares
- The Flying Pickets
- The Glitter Band
- The Happenings
- Christine Lavin
- Samuel Hui (1990)
- The Lettermen (1965 for their album Hit Sounds of The Lettermen and also released as the b-side of "Theme from A Summer Place")
- Spanky and Our Gang
- Gábor Szabó (1969)
- The Toys (1968)
- Bobby Vee (1968 for his album Just Today)
- The Shadows (1990, for their last album Reflection before their split in December 1990)
- Laurent Voulzy (2006), a French singer who translated the song into French under the title "Derniers Baisers (Last Kiss)" for his La Septième Vague album.
- The first French version "Derniers baisers" was released in October 1962 by the French group "Les chats sauvages" with the singer Mike Shannon (Pathé Marconi EA631).
- Andreas Tsoukalas (1994) translated the song into Greek under the title "Antio" for his second LP & CD "Mia kainouria mera" by LYRA Records in Greece.
| Preceded by "Ferry Cross the Mersey" by The Christians, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken and Waterman |
UK number-one single June 4, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Back To Life" by Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler |
