You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) Explained

You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
Written:	Teddy Powell Larry Stock
Released:	1946

"You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" is a popular song published in 1946.

It was written by Freddy James (pseudonym for Teddy Powell) and Larry Stock and published in 1946.

The biggest hit version was recorded by the Les Brown orchestra with vocalist Doris Day. This recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36884. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on February 14, 1946 and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5.^[1] Other recordings to reach the charts in 1946 were by Perry Como with The Satisfiers (No. 5) and by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (No. 10). ^[2]

Other versions

• Nat King Cole
• Dean Martin on Martin & Lewis radio show.
• Louis Prima - a 1946 single release on the Majestic label.^[3]
• Debbie Reynolds included the song on her 1959 album Debbie. ^[4]

References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn. Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 1973.
2. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . 1986 . Record Research Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0-89820-083-0 . 617.
3. Web site: MAJESTIC 78rpm numerical listing discography . 2022-09-30 . www.78discography.com.
4. Web site: Discogs.com . Discogs.com . March 24, 2020.