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Patrick Charles Eugene Boone [1] (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. During his recording career, he sold nearly 50 million records and had 38 Top 40 hits; he also appeared in various Hollywood films.
"Anastasia" is the theme song of the 1956 20th Century Fox moving picture Anastasia. It is written by Paul Francis Webster and Alfred Newman. Pat Boone recorded his version on November 10, 1956. [2] Soon it was released as a single (Dot 45-15521, with "Don't Forbid Me" on the flip side).
During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, [better source needed] mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. [1]
The song gained national fame after being covered by Pat Boone. [8] Domino's version soon became more popular, bringing his music to the mass market a half-dozen years after his first recording, "The Fat Man". [9] The song was also covered by the Four Seasons in 1963, Hank Williams Jr in 1971, and Cheap Trick in 1978, among others.
The best-known version is by Pat Boone, who had a number one hit with it on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week beginning June 10, 1957. This was mainly due to it being the flip side of Pat Boone's hit recording "Love Letters in the Sand". It also reached No. 14 in the Jockeys chart and No. 23 in the Top 100. [1]
It was written as the theme song for a 1957 film of the same name starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones and directed by Henry Levin. Helped by the release of the film, "April Love" became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone, [ 1 ] and spent twenty-six weeks on the US pop charts (it spent 6 weeks at number 1).
"Gee, But It's Lonely" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. [2] The song was written by Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers.
The song was popularized in the United States as a 1962 single by Pat Boone. [2] The Boone version peaked at the No. 6 Billboard Hot 100 position in 1962 during a total chart run of 13 weeks, doing better in many national charts in Europe, where it sold a million copies. [3]