Goodnight My Love (1956 song)

For other uses, see Goodnight My Love (disambiguation).

"Goodnight My Love" is a popular song written by George Motola and John Marascalco in 1956.^[1]

"Goodnight My Love"
Single by Jesse Belvin
B-side	"I Want You With Me Xmas" (Reissued in 1957 with "Let Me Love You Tonight" as the B-side)
Released	October 1956
Recorded	1956
Genre	R&B
Length	3:06
Label	Modern Records
Songwriter(s)	George Motola, John Marascalco
Producer(s)	John Marascalco

Background

The song was originally recorded by Jesse Belvin and released in 1956. John Marascalco produced the recording for Modern Records. Some sources claim that Barry White - who would have been 11 years old at the time - played piano on this recording.^[2] However, in an interview in 1995 White denied this.^[3][4]

Charts

The Jesse Belvin recording reached #7 on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1956.^[5] The McGuire Sisters cover, also released in 1956, reached #32 on Billboard's pop chart.^[6]

The Paul Anka 1968 recording reached #27 on the Billboard singles chart in a 10-week chart run in 1969. The single peaked at #18 on the Record World chart and #13 in Canada.^[7]

Recorded versions

• Amy Lee Feat. John Lee on Dream Too Much (2016)
• Dee Dee Sharp 1963
• The Honeys 1969
• Jerry Vale 1969
• Jane Morgan 1969
• El DeBarge
• Paul Anka 1968
• Paula Abdul 1992
• Jesse Belvin 1956
• Earl Grant 1956
• Brook Benton 1968
• Tavares 1977
• Gloria Estefan 1994
• The Fleetwoods, whose 1963 version reached #32 on the U.S. Pop chart.^[8]
• The Four Seasons 1963
• Art Garfunkel 1996
• Jay and the Americans 1969
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• John Holt
• Ben E. King 1965
• Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Los Lobos 1987
• The McGuire Sisters 1956
• Little Milton 1984
• Aaron Neville 2012
• Rocke-Pelle with Sigurd Jansen and his Rockin' Five. Recorded in Oslo on June 20, 1958. Released on the single Fontana 268 003 TF