May 1960 - Weeks On Chart: 6 - Highest Position: 25
This is a bit too country-tinged for my taste but it is catchy.
Harold Dorman (1931-1988) was from Drew,
Mississippi. His version of "Mountain Of Love", which he wrote,
reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies.
He released some other singles through 1963 without success.
There were several successful cover versions of this:
Johnny Rivers reached #9 on the Billboard
Top 100 in 1964 with his version. It's very catchy but I found the backing singers annoying. This is the version that I
remember listening to a long time ago.
Charley Pride reached #1 on the country
chart with this in 1982. In his hands, it's more of a pure country song.
The Beach Boys included a version of this
on their Beach Boys' Party! album. It sounded like they had fun recording this, possibly too much so.
All of these versions probably brought Dorman lots of royalties over the years. Sometimes, you just need one song.