Conway Twitty (real name Harold Jenkins) became the 2nd act in chart history to score both a number 1 and a number 40, after Tommy Steele. What Conway Twitty managed to do though was to reach number 1 with his debut (It's Only Make Believe) and number 40 with his final hit.
Unlike his number 1 debut though, Conway Twitty didn't write this song. It was written in 1947 by French songwriters Henri Betti and Andre Hornez. It was originally written in French, but English lyrics were written in 1949 by Jerry Seelen.
It has many covered by many different artists, but this is the only version that made the UK Top 40. It's also the English version, the only French is the title itself.
After a successful start to his UK Chart career with the Christmas number one of 1958, Conway Twitty only made number 30 with his follow up "The Story Of My Love" in 1959, and it was only a Top 30 at the time. Later on that year he reached 5 with his cover of "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole, the only version to reach the UK Top 40.
This was his fourth and final hit. He was primarily a country singer though and enjoyed many number ones on the US Country Charts and continued to have hits there right up until his death in 1993.
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