Born to Be with You (song)

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"Born to Be with You"
Single by The Chordettes
B-side "Love Never Changes"
ReleasedJune 1956
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:46
Label Cadence
Songwriter(s) Don Robertson
The Chordettes singles chronology
"Eddie My Love"
(1956)
"Born to Be with You"
(1956)
"Lay Down Your Arms"
(1956)

"Born to Be with You" is a song written by Don Robertson and was published in 1956. The original version (No. 5 on the pop charts) was by The Chordettes in 1956, in Ireland, Butch Moore & The Capitol Showband took it to No. 1 in 1965. [1]

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Background

In the Chordettes version, because of the short verses, the Chordettes hum two choruses in-between the verses, while in the second humming chorus, a whistling of composer Don Robertson, is heard playing a counterpoint melody. Several disc jockeys wrongly fade the song out when the bass guitar plays a rumba rhythm that seems to fade out, however, following a brief pause, the Chordettes sing a harmonic variation Capella of the word "AMEN".

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