The week "There Goes My Baby" peaked at #2, the #1 record for that week was "A Big Hunk O Love" by Elvis... Adult Contemporary Europe Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. August 6, 1994. p.14 . Retrieved May 28, 2023. At the time their original version of "Sweets For My Sweet" was at #28 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks later it would peak at #16 {for 1 week} and it spent 11 weeks on the Top 100... CJ Lewis Irish Singles". IRMA 2006 – 2008. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009 . Retrieved 30 November 2013. In 1963, "Sweets for My Sweet" was released by English Merseybeat band the Searchers as their debut single, reaching No. 1 on the UK Single Chart for two weeks that August. [4] [5] The Searchers' version was also issued in the US in 1964 but failed to chart.

a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1sted.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp.72–3. ISBN 0-85112-250-7. Sweets for My Sweet" was also recorded by the Carnival, Manolo Muñoz (as "Dulces Para Mi Nena"), and Neil Diamond (on his 1993 "oldies" album Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building.

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Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 7, 1961, the Drifters were one the acts to appear in concert at the Forum in Wichita, Kansas... Frank Alamo helped popularise the yé-yé style of music in France. His hit records included " Biche ô ma Biche" ("Sweets for My Sweet")

The only US remake of "Sweets for My Sweet" to reach the Hot 100 or any Billboard chart to date is that by Tony Orlando which reached No. 54 and No. 20 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart in 1979. [45] Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 20, 2019. a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.319. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

Notes

The McCoys - You Make Me Feel So Good (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 1966 . Retrieved September 26, 2016. Sweets for My Sweet" is a song written by the songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, [1] originally recorded by American doo-wop and R&B/ soul vocal group the Drifters. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.11, no.21. May 21, 1994. p.22 . Retrieved May 8, 2019.

In 1986, Europop and Italo disco singer Chriss recorded the song for her album "Sweets for My Sweet."

Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.153. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. c.j. lewis - sweets for my sweet". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023 . Retrieved December 16, 2018.

Listinn Topp 40 (02.6.–08.6. '94)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). June 2, 1994. p.20 . Retrieved October 1, 2019. Jones, Alan (April 2, 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p.12 . Retrieved April 16, 2021.In 1995, Brian Wilson recorded "Sweets for My Sweet" on ' Til The Night Has Gone - A Tribute to Doc Pomus, as part of the Andy Paley sessions. [ citation needed] The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sweets for My Sweet". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 20, 2019.