The Garden of Eden (song) explained

"The Garden of Eden" is a song written and composed by Dennise Haas Norwood, and first recorded by Joe Valino, which reached Number 12 on the Billboard chart in October 1956.^[1] Valino recorded the song at his second session for Vik Records, a subsidiary of RCA. "I knew it would be a hit, even as I was recording it," he told Wayne Jancik in The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders.^[2]

In the UK the most popular version was recorded by the singer Frankie Vaughan, and gave him his first No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom in early 1957. The song first entered the UK Singles Chart on 11 January 1957, spent four weeks at the top,^[3] and 13 weeks in the charts all together.^[4] Gary Miller also released his version in the UK around the same time, and it reached No. 14 on the chart.^[5]

Other versions of the song have also been recorded by Dick James and Paul Raven.

Notes and References

1. 1957 British Hit Parade — Part 1: January–June. various artists. 2011. Bob. Fisher. Theo Morgan. booklet. Acrobat Music. ACQCD7024. UK.
2. Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, expanded first edition (Billboard Books, 1998), p. 25.
3. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 67–8.
4. Book: Rice , Jo . 1982. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits. 1st. Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield, Middlesex. 29. 0-85112-250-7.
5. Web site: Gary Miller . The Official Charts Company .