Never My Love by jomel77

jomel77 - Never My Love

jomel77

Jul 15, 2024 02:11am

"Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi and best known for a hit 1967 recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Association</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addrisi_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Addrisi Brothers</a> had two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Top 40</a> hits as recording artists, but their biggest success as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">songwriters</a> was "Never My Love." Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999, the music publishing rights organization <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music,_Inc." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadcast Music, Inc.</a> (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio and television of the 20th century in the U.S.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-BMI_Top_100_Songs_of_the_Century-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a>The first recording of "Never My Love" to achieve success was by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Association</a>, an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sunshine pop</a> band from California. Their version of the song, recorded with members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Wrecking Crew</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a> peaked at number two on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> chart, kept out of the number one spot by "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(Box_Tops_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Letter</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_Tops" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Box Tops</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a>, and hit number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cash_Box_Top_100_number-one_singles_of_1967" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cashbox</a> charts in October 1967, one of the band's five top-ten hits in the late 1960s.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-Whitburn-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a> Their third number 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 Singles Chart, following "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherish_(The_Association_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cherish</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cash_Box_Top_100_number-one_singles_of_1966" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1966</a>) and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_(The_Association_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Windy</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cash_Box_Top_100_number-one_singles_of_1967" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1967</a>), was featured on the band's album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight_Out" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Insight Out</a> (1967). The song also reached number one on Canada's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPM</a> charts.By the time the Association's record was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">certified Gold</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RIAA</a> for one million copies sold as of December 1967, Billboard noted that 16 artists had recorded the song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a> Their third number-one single made them a top concert act and highly in demand by the TV variety series, specials, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">talk shows</a> that were a predominant format at the time, and they performed the hit on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ed Sullivan Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Andy Williams Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Palace" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hollywood Palace</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dean_Martin_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Dean Martin Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dick Clark</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Bandstand</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hullabaloo_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hullabaloo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Cavett_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Dick Cavett Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joey_Bishop_Show_(talk_show)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Joey Bishop Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steve_Allen_Show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Steve Allen Show</a>, and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Channing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Carol Channing</a> special.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_My_Love#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a>