"Love Me Forever" is a popular song by
the Four Esquires. Released in the United States by independent record label Paris Records (cat. no. 509), it features
orchestral backing by
Sid Bass with a female session vocalist and peaked at #25 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in 1957.[1] It also reached #23 on the
UK Singles Chart.[2]
Track listing
A. "Love Me Forever" (Beverly Guthrie, Gary Lynes)- 2:26
Jodie Sands recorded her version of the song in early 1961. Like the Four Esquires' original, it was also released on Paris Records (cat. no. 551). Arranged and conducted by
Robert Mersey and produced by Jack Gold, Sands's version did not chart.
British big band singer
Denny Dennis recorded his version of "Love Me Forever" for budget label
Embassy Records (cat. no. WB 273).[3]
Eydie Gormé’s cover version of the song (
ABC-Paramount cat. no. 9873) — arranged and conducted by
Don Costa and featuring a trumpet solo by
Bernie Glow — reached the no. 24 position on the Billboard pop charts in 1957[4] and No. 21 in the UK in 1958.[5]
Outside the United States, a version by
Marion Ryan (
Pye Nixa cat. no. 15121) reached No. 5 on the
UK Singles Chart in 1958 — her highest charting hit ever. It featured the Beryl Stott Chorus and an orchestra directed by
Peter Knight.[6]
References
^Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 209.
ISBN1-904994-10-5.