Here's the first of my posts looking at the records that peaked at number 40 in the UK Singles Chart. In March 1960 the charts went from a Top 30 to a Top 50 and 3 weeks later this record entered the charts at number 40 and left the charts the following week making it the first record to peak at number 40.
It was also the only UK hit for Shaye Cogan who was an American actress who went on to record music and this was actually one of her final recordings. It was written by Fred E Ahlert and Roy Turk and had been recorded by many different artists prior to this recording. Both songwriters had died by 1960, but had a handful of UK hits written by them which charted posthumously both together and separately. Perhaps the best known for Fred E Ahlert was "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" and for Roy Turk was "Are You Lonesome Tonight?".
Shaye Cogan died in 2009 aged 85.
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