The second #1 written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King was the only #1 (from the fall of 1961) for Bobby Vee of Fargo, ND. He got his break in February 1959 by being asked to fill in when Buddy Holly and the others tragically didn't make it to their scheduled gig in nearby Moorhead, Minn. - sort of a rock circle of life. The song was first given to Dion after he went solo from the Belmonts but it went nowhere. He had to settle for "Runaround Sue" which reached the top a little later in '61. Bobby passed away in 2016.
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