Enchanted (The Platters song)

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"Enchanted"
Single by The Platters
B-side "The Sound and the Fury"
Released March 1959
Genre R&B
Length2:50
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Buck Ram
Producer(s) Jerry Wald Productions
The Platters singles chronology
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
(1958)
"Enchanted"
(1959)
"Remember When"
(1959)

"Enchanted" is a song written by Buck Ram and performed by The Platters. It reached No. 9 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 12 on the U.S. pop chart in 1959. [1]

The song was produced by Jerry Wald Productions. [2]

The song ranked No. 64 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1959. [3]

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