"Save Your Heart for Me" is a song written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell. The song was originally written for and recorded by singer Brian Hyland in 1963. Although not released as a single in its own right, it was the B-side to Hyland's song "I'm Afraid to Go Home" and appeared on Hyland's 1994 greatest-hits album.The Billboard Book of #2 Singles GoogleBooks.com. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
"Save Your Heart for Me" is best known in a version recorded in 1965 by American pop group Gary Lewis & the Playboys and appears on the group's 1965 album A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys. Lewis and his band released their version as a single in June 1965, and it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of August 21, 1965, behind "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher.Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) It went to number one on the Billboard easy listening chart for three weeks in August 1965.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), p. 36. Patty Duke covered the song on her 1965 album Don't Just Stand There. The song was covered by Livingston Taylor in 1993 on his album Good Friends.
Lewis credited the success of the record both to producer Snuff Garrett and to the short length of the song. Since it was less than two minutes in duration, Lewis has stated that "(I)t was played everywhere. Deejays loved it." According to Lewis, it was Garrett's idea for Gary Lewis and the Playboys to cover the song. Relevant content occurs at 3:51-4:15.
This song is noted for Lewis's whistling, which is heard in the instrumental introduction, as well as in the brief instrumental portion, before Lewis concludes the song.
Chart history
Weekly charts Chart (1965)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)60Canada RPM Top Singles1New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)Flavour of New Zealand, 14 October 19654U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - 2U.S. Billboard Easy Listening1U.S. Cash Box Top 100Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 21, 19654
Year-end charts Chart (1965)RankU.S. Billboard Hot 100Musicoutfitters.com59U.S. Cash Box Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 196570
See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1965 (U.S.) List of RPM number-one singles of 1965
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