| Please Love Me Forever | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tommy Edwards |
| Album: | It's All in the Game |
| A-Side: | It's All in the Game |
| Released: | 1958 |
| Label: | MGM |
| Prev Title: | It's All in the Game |
| Prev Year: | 1958 |
| Next Title: | Love Is All We Need |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
"Please Love Me Forever" is a song written by John Malone and Ollie Blanchard.[1] The song was originally released by Tommy Edwards in 1958. Hit versions were later released by Cathy Jean and the Roommates in 1960 and Bobby Vinton in 1967.
Tommy Edwards released "Please Love Me Forever" as the B-side of his million-selling, number-one hit version of It's All in the Game in 1958.[2] Edwards' version of "Please Love Me Forever" spent 3 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 61.[3]
| Please Love Me Forever | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cathy Jean and the Roommates |
| Album: | At the Hop! |
| B-Side: | Canadian Sunset |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Genre: | Doo wop |
| Label: | Valmor |
Cathy Jean and the Roommates released a cover of "Please Love Me Forever" in 1960.[4] Their version was released as a single and on the album At the Hop![5] It spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961, peaking at No. 12,[6] while reaching No. 23 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[7]
The song also reached No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100 in 1961, in a tandem ranking of Cathy Jean and the Roommates and Sunny Gale's versions, with Cathy Jean and the Roommates' version marked as a bestseller.[8]
Cathy Jean and the Roommates' version was ranked No. 88 on Cash Boxs "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".[9]
| Please Love Me Forever | |
| Cover: | Please_Love_Me_Forever_-_Bobby_Vinton.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bobby Vinton |
| Album: | Please Love Me Forever |
| B-Side: | Miss America |
| Released: | September 1, 1967 |
| Recorded: | December 8, 1966 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Billy Sherrill[10] |
| Prev Title: | Red Roses for Mom |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Just as Much as Ever |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
In 1967, Bobby Vinton released the most successful version of "Please Love Me Forever" as a single and on his album of the same name.[11] Vinton's version spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 6,[12] while reaching No. 5 on the Cash Box Top 100,[13] No. 5 on Record Worlds "100 Top Pops",[14] No. 1 on Canada's RPM 100,[15] No. 4 in the Philippines,[16] No. 8 in Venezuela,[17] and No. 39 on Billboards Easy Listening chart.[18]
Vinton's version was ranked No. 43 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1967: Hot 100 – 1967",[19] while being ranked No. 46 on Cash Boxs "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1967",[20] and No. 30 on "The RPM 100 Top Singles of 1967".[21]