On May 29, 1989, Australian singer and actor Jason Donovan released a cover version of " Sealed with a Kiss" as the fourth single from his debut album, Ten Good Reasons (1989). Jason Donovan version "Sealed with a Kiss" Vinton's recording was used in both the trailer and the end credits of the 2007 horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.
This single, which was a follow up to "Every Day of My Life", marked a Vinton comeback in 1971, with the artist appearing on American Bandstand and other television shows on the strength of the single. The success of the single led to Vinton releasing an album, also titled Sealed with a Kiss, that charted as a best seller. Vinton arranged the song himself, with a modern sound including a unique bongo opening that made the song stand out from the other recordings. This version also placed high on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart (No. Charts Chart (1968)Ī third top 40 Hot 100 version came in 1972, when Bobby Vinton released his interpretation as a single. Their cover version of the single was a Billboard Hot 100 No. Gary Lewis & the Playboys covered the song in 1967 on the album Gary Lewis Now!. Gary Lewis and the Playboys singles chronology Gary Lewis and the Playboys version "Sealed with a Kiss" Hyland also recorded a version in German. When re-released in 1975, Hyland's recording charted in the UK at No. The personnel on the original Brian Hyland recording included Mundell Lowe, Al Caiola on guitar, Gary Geld on piano, George Duvivier on bass, Blackie Shackner on harmonica, Gary Chester on drums, and Sticks Evans and Al Rogers on percussion. 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Hyland recalls Geld saying the song was "based on, but not totally based on, a Bach finger exercise." (See Five-finger exercise.) Hyland's single began its run on June 9, 1962, and became a top 3 hit, reaching No. In 1962, Brian Hyland, who often performed Udell's and Geld's material, covered the song. The two also bind each other to a pledge, under seal of a kiss, that they will reunite in September.īrian Hyland version "Sealed with a Kiss" The narrator promises the lover who has had to leave that he will send his love and dreams in daily letters "sealed with a kiss". The lyrics are from the point of view of one of two lovers who have had to part ways over the summer.
Jason Donovan later had an international number one hit with the song. The original recording of "Sealed with a Kiss" was by The Four Voices which was released as a single in May 1960 without becoming a hit. It first became a hit in 1962 for Brian Hyland. " Sealed with a Kiss" is a song written and composed by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. For other uses, see Sealed with a kiss (disambiguation).
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