Dreamy Eyes

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"Dreamy Eyes"
Single by Johnny Tillotson
from the album Johnny Tillotson's Best
B-side "Well I’m Your Man"
ReleasedSeptember 1958 (original)
November 1961 (re-release)
RecordedAugust 21, 1958 [1]
Genre Pop
Length2:19
Label Cadence
Songwriter Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson singles chronology
"Dreamy Eyes"
(1958)		"I'm Never Gonna Kiss You"
(1958)

"Dreamy Eyes" is a song written and sung by Johnny Tillotson, which he recorded on August 21, 1958, [1] and released later that year. The song was Tillotson's debut single. [1] [2] "Dreamy Eyes" spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 63. [3]

The song was re-released in 1961, and reached No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [4] spending an additional 14 weeks on the chart, [5] making it a total of 23 weeks the song spent on the Billboard Hot 100. [4] In January 1962, the song reached No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 33 ⅓ Thousand Hours Ago", Billboard , November 13, 1961. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Davis, Sharon (2012). Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Sixties, Random House. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Billboard Hot 100 for the Week Ending February 1", Billboard , January 26, 1959. p. 40-41. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Hot 100 - Johnny Tillotson Dreamy Eyes Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Music Week Hot 100 For Week Ending February 10", Billboard , March 10, 1962. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts: Chart No. 247". CHUM. October 2, 1961. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2018.


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