jmjiloveyou

<h1>Poetry in Motion (song)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#mw-head" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump to navigation</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#searchInput" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump to search</a><strong>"Poetry in Motion"</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Tillotson</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B-side</a>"Princess Princess"Released<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_in_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1960</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Label</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cadence</a> (US)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">London</a> (UK)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songwriter(s)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike_Anthony_(songwriter)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Anthony</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Kaufman&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Kaufman</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Producer(s)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bleyer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Archie Bleyer</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Tillotson</a> singles chronology "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Angel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Earth Angel</a>"</p><p>(1960) "<strong>Poetry in Motion</strong>"</p><p>(1960) "Jimmy's Girl"</p><p>(1961) "<strong>Poetry in Motion</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK</a> number-one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_single" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hit single</a> in 1961, recorded amongst others by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johnny Tillotson</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Tillotson had the most successful recording of the song.</p><h2>Contents</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#Background" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1 Background</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#Cover_versions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2 Cover versions</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#Chart_positions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3 Chart positions</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#See_also" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">4 See also</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#References" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5 References</a></li></ul><h2>Background</h2><p>The song was written by Paul Kaufman (1930–1999) and Mike Anthony (born 1930),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> who said that the inspiration for it came from looking up from their work and seeing a procession of young ladies from a nearby school pass by on the sidewalk outside each afternoon.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Porter_(sound_engineer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Porter</a> supervised the recording session in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, which featured saxophonist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Randolph" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boots Randolph</a>, pianist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Cramer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Floyd Cramer</a> and bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Chance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Floyd "Lightning" Chance</a>.</p><p>In the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>, "Poetry in Motion" peaked at number 2 in November 1960, kept out of the number 1 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Georgia on My Mind</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Charles</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a> it hit No. 1 in January 1961,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> and also made the charts on reissue in 1979.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p><h2>Cover versions</h2><p>"Poetry in Motion" was also recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Vee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Vee</a> on his 1961 album <em>Bobby Vee</em> and was also recorded by Chilean singer Pat Henry. There was another <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cover version</a> made titled "Pejskové se koušou" ("Dogs Bite Each Other") by the Czech singer Marie Pojkarová.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></p><p>The song was covered by Swedish pop group Ola &amp; the Janglers in 1966 and went to no 1 in the Swedish voted chart "Tio i Topp" but only reached no 7 in the sales chart "Kvällstoppen".</p><p>The song was covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mud</a> in 1982.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralf_Arnie&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ralf Arnie</a> wrote <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">German</a> lyrics. Entitled "Deine roten Lippen" it was recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_B%C3%B6ttcher&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gerd Böttcher</a> and released on single in 1960.</p><p>The song was covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeyhoney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">honeyhoney</a> in season 1, episode 5 of the anthology comedy series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guest_Book" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Guest Book</em></a></p><p>In 1977, a Finnish band called Kontra covered the song in Finnish titled as "Mainoksennus" in their debut album "Ei kontrollia" (Love Records LRLP 258).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_(song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p><p>An alternative version, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Curtis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">King Curtis</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">saxophone</a>, was recorded some weeks earlier and published by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Family_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bear Family Records</a> in 2011.</p>