When (The Kalin Twins song)

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"When"
Single by The Kalin Twins
Released1958
Recorded1958
GenrePop
Length2:28
LabelBrunswick Records[1]
Songwriter(s)Paul Evans, Jack Reardon[1]
Producer(s)Jack Pleis[1]
"When"
Single by Showaddywaddy
Released1977
Recorded1976
GenreRock & Roll
Length3:27
LabelArista Records[2]
Songwriter(s)Paul Evans, Jack Reardon
Producer(s)Mike Hurst[2]
Showaddywaddy singles chronology
"Under the Moon of Love"
(1976) 		"When"
(1977) 		"You Got What It Takes"
(1977)

"When" is a popular song written by Jack Reardon and Paul Evans and published in 1958.

The Kalin Twins version[]

The biggest hit version was recorded by The Kalin Twins in 1958, a chart-topper in the UK Singles Chart for five weeks,[1][3] and No. 5 in the US Billboard Hot 100. In French 1958 single charts it spent 18 weeks as number 1, and in the Netherlands the song charted for 30 weeks and was also a number one for 5 weeks.[4]

Cover versions[]

In 1958, a German version of "When" was recorded as "Wenn" by German Schlager music group Die James Brothers.[5]

In 1977, Showaddywaddy had a UK No. 3 hit with the song.[6]

The song was revived in 2004 by Daniel O'Donnell in his album of songs from the 1950s and 1960s, The Jukebox Years.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Showaddywaddy - When (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 88–9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ "Dutch Charts". Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  5. ^ "Die James Brothers - Wenn (When) (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 497. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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