The Garden of Eden (song)
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"The Garden of Eden" is a song written and composed by Dennise Haas Norwood, and first recorded by Joe Valino,[1] which reached Number 12 on the Billboard chart in October 1956.[2] Valino recorded the song at his second session with Vik, a subsidiary of RCA Records. "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.[3]
One of the most popular versions 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,[4] and 13 weeks in the charts altogether.[1]
Other versions of the song have also been recorded by Dick James and Gary Miller.[1]
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| Preceded by | UK Singles Chart Number 1 single (Frankie Vaughan version) 25 January 1957 for 4 weeks |
Succeeded by "Young Love" by Tab Hunter |
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