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Together (1928 song)

"Together"
Single by Connie Francis
from the album Connie Francis Sings "Second Hand Love"
B-side "Too Many Rules"
Released 1961
Format 45 RPM single
Recorded 3 June 1961
Genre Pop
Length 2:52
Label MGM Records
USA: K 13019
France: SPF-1090
UK: 45-MGM-1138
Norway: 45-MGM-6565
New Zealand: 45-MGM-73098
Writer(s) Ray Henderson; Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown
Connie Francis singles chronology
"Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart"
(1961)
"Together"/ "Too Many Rules"
(1961)
"(He's My) Dreamboat"
(1961)

"Together" is a 1928 popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The most popular 1928 recording of the song, by Paul Whiteman, with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, was a #1 hit for two weeks.

The song was included in a 1944 movie, Since You Went Away. This gave rise to a revival of the song, and it was recorded by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest in a duet. Their recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23349. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 5, 1944 and lasted 10 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. This recording was paired on a single with "It Had to Be You," a #4 hit, producing a big two-sided hit.

"Together" became a Top Ten hit in the summer of 1961 via a recording by Connie Francis cut in New York City on 3 June 1961 with Cliff Parman acting as arranger and conductor. After focusing on new material for her recent singles releases, Francis with "Together" reverted to the mode of remaking traditional pop songs which had provided her with her biggest hits in the 1950s. "Together" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the first single release by Francis which could avail itself of the July 1961 inauguration of Billboard's Easy Listening chart where "Together" peaked at #1. Francis' "Together" also reached #2 in Australia, #6 in the UK, #7 in Ireland and #6 in New Zealand and was a #1 hit in India.


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