- You Belong to Me (1952 song)
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writer =Pee Wee King Redd Stewart Chilton Price
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published = 1952
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language = English
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original_artist =Sue Thompson
recorded_by =Patti Page Jo Stafford
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performed_by = "You Belong to Me" is a pop music ballad from the 1950's. The singer reminds his/her lover that, whatever exotic locales and sights he/she experiences, "you belong to me". It is credited to three writers:Pee Wee King ,Redd Stewart , andChilton Price . Actually, Price wrote most of the song, and ceded equal credit to the other two in exchange for their work in promoting it. King and Stewart did rearrange the song because it was written as a war song duringWorld War II and changed the title to "You Belong To Me" along with arranging the music. Price had previously had success with another hit which she had written, "Slow Poke ", under a similar arrangement with the two men.cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/2002/sep/27/cloon092702.html|title=To Chilton goes all the credit|author=Nick Clooney|first=Nick|last=Clooney|authorlink=Nick Clooney|work=The Cincinnati Post |publisher=E. W. Scripps Company |date=2002-09-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050817174123/http://www.cincypost.com/2002/sep/27/cloon092702.html|archivedate=2005-08-17]The original version of the song was recorded by
Sue Thompson on Mercury's country label. It was soon covered byPatti Page , whose version was issued by Mercury as catalog number 5899, with "I Went to Your Wedding " (a bigger Patti Page hit, reaching #1) on the flip side. It entered the Billboard chart onAugust 22 ,1952 , and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4.cite book
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Jo Stafford became the most popular version. Issued byColumbia Records as catalog number 39811, it was Stafford's greatest hit, topping the charts in both theUnited States and theUnited Kingdom (the first song by a female singer to top the UK chart). It first entered the chart onAugust 1 ,1952 and remained there for 24 weeks. Another cover version, byDean Martin , released byCapitol Records as catalog number 2165, was also in play at that time. This version first entered the chart onAugust 29 ,1952 , and remained on the chart for 10 weeks, reaching #12. All the versions were combined in the rankings on the Cash Box charts, and the song reached #1 on those charts as well, lasting on the chart for more than half a year.In 1958 the song crossed over into rock for the first time on the Capitol album "
Gene Vincent Rocks and the Blue Caps Roll." A later version of the song, byThe Duprees , also made the Billboard Top 10, reaching #7 in 1962. It was recorded by many other pop vocalists, includingPatsy Cline andBing Crosby . It was covered byBob Dylan for the the 1994 movie "Natural Born Killers ".The song has also appeared on many movie
soundtrack s. A version byJason Wade was part of the soundtrack to the 2001 animated film "Shrek ". RockerTori Amos also sang the classic for theJulia Roberts film "Mona Lisa Smile " in 2003. ActressRose McGowan sang it on the soundtrack for the "Planet Terror" segment of the 2007 movie "Grindhouse". While onscreen,Bette Midler sings a fragment of the song (toNick Nolte ) in the 1986 comedy "Down and Out in Beverly Hills ".On
February 1 2007 , a short rendition of the song was sung by 64-year-old Sherman Pore as an audition piece for the television show "American Idol ", as a tribute to his wife who had passed away from cancer two days before. A different song with the same title byCarly Simon (originally recorded by theDoobie Brothers ) reached the Top 10 in 1978.Recorded versions
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Danny Aiello
*Tori Amos
*Paul Anka
*Pat Boone
*Bonnie Bramlett
*Michael Buble
*The Alley Cats
*Rick Astley
*Carla Bruni
*Ann Hampton Callaway
*Benny Carter & his Orch.
*Petula Clark
*Patsy Cline
*Doobie Brothers
*Rosemary Clooney
*Alma Cogan
*Amie Comeaux
*Sam Cooke
*Bing Crosby
*Mike Curb
*Joe Dolan
*The Duprees
*Bob Dylan ("Natural Born Killers " soundtrack)
*Firebirds
*Ella Fitzgerald
*Flat Duo Jets
*Tennessee Ernie Ford
*Connie Francis
*Stephen Fretwell
*Judy Garland
*Crystal Gayle
*Boris Grebenshchikov
*Dan Hicks
*Homer and Jethro
*Kelley Hurt
*Catherine Ann Irwin
*Joni James
*Chaka Khan
*Pee Wee King
*Jerry Lee Lewis
*Lino
*Dean Martin (#12 on Billboard charts)
*Johnny Mathis
*Gene McDaniels
*Maureen McGovern
*Rose McGowan
*The Misfits
*The Mississippi Delta Brothers fromHolland ,Europe
*Michel Montecrossa
*Jane Morgan
*Anne Murray
*Spider Nick & The Maddogs
*Amando Noriega
*Michael Nullenthin
*Newell
*Oler
*One AM Radio
*The Orioles
*Patti Page (#4 on Billboard charts)
*The Pinheads
*Jim Reeves
*Kate Rusby
*Santo and Johnny
*Janet Seidel
*Vonda Shepard
*Hank Snow
*Ned Spurlock
*Jo Stafford (#1 on Billboard charts, Gold Record, UK Number 1 Single)
*Ringo Starr
*Rod Stewart
*Ben Taylor
*Sue Thompson
*Those Poor Bastards ("2008 album The Plague ")
*Tommy Tune
*Gene Vincent
*Jason Wade (soundtrack from the film "Shrek " 2001)
*Ben Wilmot
*Wintergreen References
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