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".[1] "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" became very successful, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (kept of out the No. 1 spot by Bobby Darin's recording of "Mack the Knife").[2]

Not to be confused with Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder).
For other uses, see Put Your Head on My Shoulder (disambiguation).

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
Single by Paul Anka
B-side"Don't Ever Leave Me"
ReleasedAugust 1959
Recorded1959
GenrePop, blues
Length2:37
LabelABC-Paramount
Songwriter(s)Paul Anka
Producer(s)Don Costa
Paul Anka singles chronology
"Lonely Boy"
(1959)		 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
(1959)		 "It's Time to Cry"
(1959)

Covers

The song was again popular when it was released as a single by The Lettermen in 1968. This version peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was more successful on the Easy Listening chart, where it peaked at No. 8.[3][4]

Enrique Guzmán (Mexican singer) 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. Chilean singer Myriam Hernández recorded this version in a duet with Paul Anka himself with his original version.

Australian, Derek Redfern covered the song, which peaked at number 71 on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1974.[5]

Leif Garrett (American singer) did a take on it in 1978, which reached No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]

Doja Cat (American singer) sampled the song itself, heard at the end. The rhythm is similar between the two songs as well, heard throughout.[7]

Ex-Menudo Robby Rosa and the Brazilian duo Gabriela e Tatiana recorded Portuguese versions in the 1980s, Robby's version being "Com você nos meus sonhos" and Gabriela and Tatiana's version being "Essa mão no meu ombro".

Charts

References
  1. 45cat – Paul Anka – Put Your Head On My Shoulder / Don't Ever Leave Me – ABC-Paramount – USA – 45,10040
  2. https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-19
  3. "The Lettermen – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. "The Lettermen – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 248. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Leif Garrett, "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" Chart Position". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. "FREAK by Doja Cat – Samples, Covers and Remixes ..." Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Paul Anka – Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Paul Anka – Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Paul Anka – Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. "Paul Anka: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  12. "Paul Anka Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  13. "Paul Anka Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Paul Anka – Put Your Head on My Shoulder". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 May 2018. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Paul Anka"
  15. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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