"My One and Only" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and first recorded by the female vocal trio Bones. ^{[1] [2]} It was released as a single in 1974 in the UK on Jet Records, ^[3] and on Polydor in France, Germany and Italy. ^[4] The recording was produced by de Paul. ^[5] The song is about a summer holiday romance and is influenced by the style of 1960s girl groups such as the Shangri-Las. ^[6] Bones performed the song on British television as guests on the Granada TV programme, Rock On With 45, on 16 January 1975. The B-side of the single, “Baby Don’t Make Me Cry”, was a doo-wop sounding song co-written by de Paul and Barry Blue, ^[7] and again it was produced by de Paul. ^[5]

Bones had three members – American Jacquie Sullivan, Suzanne Lynch (born Sue Donaldson, originally half of the Chicks duo with sister Judy) and Joy Yates (the latter two both from New Zealand). ^[8] They performed with Neil Sedaka at the Royal Festival Hall in his 1970s comeback concert, which was later released as a live album. ^[5] Bones provided back-up vocals on the UK pop TV programme Get It Together for some of the UK's biggest stars of the 1970s, and they appeared on the show singing the song. ^[6] De Paul also recorded a version of the song for her shelved 1976 album, Before You Go Tonight, ^[9] and it was finally released on this album in 1990, ^[10] as well as on her album Best of Lynsey de Paul. ^[11]

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