Put Your Head on My Shoulder


"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka's version was recorded in August 1958 and released as a single by ABC-Paramount in 1959 as catalog number 4510040. It was arranged and conducted by Don Costa. The B-side was "Don't Ever Leave Me". "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" became very successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was again popular when it was played in a scene in the movie Susie Q. It was also popular when released as a single by The Lettermen in 1968. This version peaked #44 on the Hot 100; it was more successful on the Adult Contemporary chart where it peaked at #8.

Covers

recorded a Spanish version in the 1960s titled "Tu cabeza en mi hombro". In Latin America, that cover is even more popular than the original one.
Enoch Light & the Brass Menagerie did an instrumental cover version from their second self-titled album in 1968.
Leif Garrett did a take on it in 1978, which reached #58 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chilean pop singer Myriam Hernández, together with Anka, recorded a Spanglish version for his duets album Amigos.
Draco Rosa recorded a Portuguese version titled "Com você nos meus sonhos".
Gabriela e Tatiana recorded a Brasilian version in the 1988s titled Essa mão no meu ombro in the album Não é fácil chegar aos 15 anos.
Michael Bublé also did the song on his eponymously titled 2003 debut album. American rock band Good Charlotte performed it for the movie Not Another Teen Movie entitled "Put Your Heads on My Shoulder". The song is also featured in the video game .
Nancy Sinatra has also covered the song.

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