(Till) I Kissed You

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"(Till) I Kissed You"
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Single by the Everly Brothers
B-side "Oh What a Feeling"
Released 1959
Recorded1959
Studio RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Pop [1]
Length2:23
Label Cadence 60663
Songwriter(s) Don Everly
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"Take a Message to Mary"
(1959)
"(Till) I Kissed You"
(1959)
"Let It Be Me"
(1959)
"(Till) I Kissed You"
Single by Connie Smith
from the album The Song We Fell in Love To
B-side "Ridin' on a Rainbow"
ReleasedJanuary 1976
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Don Everly
Producer(s) Ray Baker
Connie Smith singles chronology
"The Song We Fell in Love To"
(1975)
"(Till) I Kissed You"
(1976)
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
(1976)

"(Till) I Kissed You" is a song written by Don Everly and recorded by the Everly Brothers. It was released as a single in 1959 and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Chet Atkins played guitar on this record [3] and Jerry Allison played drums. [4]

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Connie Smith version

"(Till) I Kissed You" was covered by American country music artist Connie Smith on her 1976 album The Song We Fell in Love To . Released in January 1976, it was the album's second single. Smith's version peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [5] It also reached No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [6]

Reggae version

Several reggae artists have covered the song. In 1975 Jimmy London topped the charts in Jamaica with his version, and also scored highly on reggae charts abroad.

Chart performance

The Everly Brothers

Chart (1959)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 1004
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides [7] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides [8] 22
U. S. Cashbox Top 1005
U. S. Cashbox Country Singles7
U. S. Cashbox R&B Singles14
Australian ARIA Chart2
Canadian RPM Top Singles3
UK Singles Chart [9] 2

Connie Smith

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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