Alone with You (Brenda Lee song)

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"Alone with You"
Single by Brenda Lee
B-side "My Dreams"
Released June 1964
Genre Pop
Length2:33
Label Decca 31628
Songwriter(s) Jackie DeShannon
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Think"
(1964)		"Alone with You"
(1964)		"When You Loved Me"
(1964)

"Alone with You" is a song written by Jackie DeShannon and performed by Brenda Lee. [1] The song reached #8 on the adult contemporary chart and #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. [2] It also reached #32 in Canada.

Jackie DeShannon American singer-songwriter

Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period. She is best known as the singer of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and, as the composer of "When You Walk in the Room" and "Bette Davis Eyes," which were hits for The Searchers and Kim Carnes, respectively. Since 2009, DeShannon has been an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting Beatles band members' news for the radio program Breakfast with the Beatles.

Brenda Lee American singer and recording artist

Brenda Lee is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles(1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles(1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks(1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary(1983–present).

The single's B-side, "My Dreams", reached #85 on the Billboard Hot 100. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Brenda Lee, "Alone with You" single release Retrieved May 22, 2014
  2. ↑ Brenda Lee, "Alone with You" Chart Positions Retrieved May 22, 2014
  3. ↑ Brenda Lee, "The Waiting Game" Chart Positions Retrieved May 22, 2014
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