Sincerely

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Sincerely is an American R&B and pop ballad that became known worldwide as the McGuire Sisters version . Sincerely is often used as background music in German television films to introduce the viewer to the time of the economic miracle that was just beginning .

Sincerely was composed by Harvey Fuqua and performed for the first time by the Moonglows , who had their first big hit on the Billboard R&B charts with the song. The singles also managed to reach number 20 on the Billboard pop chart. As amended by the McGuire Sisters came Sincerely in December 1954 in the American charts and stayed in 1955 for four weeks square one .

Two other versions made it into the charts: Paul Anka's 1969 version from number 80, and the version of the Four Seasons 1964 at number 75.

There are numerous Sincerely - covers , among other things:

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the R&B Juke Box Charts and the Jockey Charts they came to number 1, in the bestseller charts to number 2, see Whitburn, Joel: Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. 1942-2004. New York, NY: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 407
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 416
  3. ↑ In the Billboard charts, the single stayed at number 1 in the juke box charts and the bestseller charts for 6 weeks, and even 10 weeks in the jockey charts. Alan Freed is named as co-author on the single label . Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 394
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 17 (Anka) and p. 223 (Four Seasons)

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