Kiss Me Sailor

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"Kiss Me Sailor"
Single by Diane Renay
from the album Navy Blue
B-side "Soft-Spoken Guy"
Released1964
Recorded1964
Genre Pop
Length2:25
Label 20th Century Fox RecordsR4KM 4415
Songwriter(s) Eddie Rambeau, Bud Rehak
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Diane Renay singles chronology
"Navy Blue"
(1963)
"Kiss Me Sailor"
(1964)
"Growin' Up Too Fast"
(1964)

"Kiss Me Sailor" is a song by American recording artist Diane Renay, [1] written by Eddie Rambeau and Bud Rehak. [2] It was released as the fourth single from her debut album, "Navy Blue", and was intended as a sequel song to her previous hit, "Navy Blue". [3]

Contents

Background

"Kiss Me Sailor" was included on her debut album, "Navy Blue". It was intended as a sequel song, to pick up where her song "Navy Blue" had left off. Renay commented in an interview with Gary James that she refers to the song as "Navy Blue Chapter 2", and that she preferred "Sailor" to "Navy Blue". [3]

Release

The song was released on 45, with a B-side titled "Soft-Spoken Guy". [2]

Chart performance

"Kiss Me Sailor" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated 4 April 1964, at number 90. [4] Six weeks later, it peaked at number 29. The song spent a total of 8 weeks on the Hot 100. [5]

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