Jessie Belvin and Eugene Church recorded and released a recording of the song in 1956 as The Cliques. RCA Victor 47-6518. Recorded after they were denied the opportunity to record another Blackwell song, "Don't Be Cruel", "You're the Apple of My Eye" was The Four Lovers' first exposure to U.S. national publicity, reaching the #62 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning the quartet an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The re-recording was released as a single in October 1964 and appeared briefly on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 record chart. Some sources indicate that The Four Lovers were told not to record the song as Elvis Presley expressed a desire to record the song himself; other sources indicate that Blackwell himself requested that the Four Lovers not record the song so he could "shop around" for a bigger act (and a better royalty deal) for the song (and succeeded when Presley's manager approached Blackwell with the idea of Presley recording "Don't Be Cruel"). Accounts differ as to the precise mechanism behind their not recording the Otis Blackwell song. Listen to all songs in high quality & download You're The Apple Of My Eye songs on Gaana.com. In addition, RCA was releasing Four Lovers' singles roughly every two weeks, including covers of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya", Faye Adams' "Shake a Hand", and an early vocal version of "Night Train". This will remove all the songs from your queue. RCA Victor 47-6518. "Apple of My Eye" was the only Four Lovers Single to achieve chart status as the other six successive singles sank without a trace in 1956 and 1957. Listen to the songs of You're The Apple Of My Eye album on Gaana.com. Dont you know you're the Apple of my eye Angel in the sky Dream come true Girl its only you (baby) Yeah you know you're the Apple of my eye Angel in the Sky Dream come true Girl its only you (Verse 2) So now you're with a another guy (oh) Seeing yah together the another night Oh when i look into you're eyes I see that you're not so satisfied (baby) © Gamma Gaana Ltd. 2020, All Rights Reserved, {"source":2,"source_id":"660012","object_type":2,"id":"660012","status":"0","title":"You're The Apple Of My Eye","trackcount":"7","track_ids":"18475436,18475437,18475438,18475439,18475440,18475441,18475442","objtype":2,"share_url":"\/album\/youre-the-apple-of-my-eye","albumartwork":"https:\/\/a10.gaanacdn.com\/images\/albums\/12\/660012\/crop_80x80_660012.jpg","artist":{"artist_id":"404085","name":"Four Lovers","ar_click_url":"\/artist\/four-lovers"},"artistAll":[{"artist_id":"404085","name":"Four Lovers","ar_click_url":"\/artist\/four-lovers"}],"premium_content":"0","release_date":"Jun 01, 2007","duration":"17:38","language":"English","is_premium":null}, Released by Forgotten Third | Jun 2007 | 7 Tracks. You're The Apple Of My Eye Album has 7 songs sung by Four Lovers. Produced by Blackwell, "You're the Apple of My Eye" was composed as a "traditional" rhythm-and-blues song, but the Four Lovers gave it more of a rock'n'roll interpretation (some music critics referred to it as so "over the top" as to be close in style to burlesque). The A-side, "Honey Love", was a considerable R&B hit for The Drifters in 1956. Automatically playing similar songs. RCA Victor 47-6519. An RCA Records executive saw a Four Lovers performance and was impressed with the presentation enough to recommend the quartet to the company's artists and repertoire department. The result, Joyride, had a collection of rhythm-and-blues and western covers, with a few pop standards and a handful of never-before-released songs, complete with a rollicking version of "White Christmas", patterned similar to the Drifters' version from 1955. It was composed by Drifters lead singer Clyde McPhatter and Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler. The Four Lovers' version was similar in style to the original, but didn't come close to attaining the level of success of either the original or "You're the Apple of Your Eye". Enjoy You're The Apple Of My Eye songs by Four Lovers on Gaana.com. "You're the Apple of My Eye" was a last-minute substitution for another song that Frankie Valli and the group was preparing to do in the recording session, "Don't Be Cruel". The group performed at various New Jersey clubs and lounges and established a reputation for its musical versatility, incorporating country music, pop music, doo wop, Broadway standards, rhythm and blues, and an occasional foray into Italian love songs. The B-side of The Four Lovers single, "The Girl of My Dreams", is a cover of a song composed by Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Jules Taub, and Sam Ling. "You're the Apple of My Eye" was a last-minute substitution for another song that Frankie Valli and the group was preparing to do in the recording session, "Don't Be Cruel". Joyride and the last five RCA Victor Four Lovers singles failed to chart and failed to sell. To disable, switch Autoplay to ‘OFF’ under Settings. Some sources indicate that The Four Lovers were told not to record the song as Elvis Presleyexpressed a desire to record the song himself; other sources indicate that Blackwell himself requested that the Four Lovers not record th… Are you sure you want to continue? Get Notified about the latest hits and trends, so that you are always on top of the latest in music when it comes to your friends. Accounts differ as to the precise mechanism behind their not recording the Otis Blackwell song. For the 2011 Taiwanese film, see, "You're the Apple of My Eye"/"The Girl of My Dreams", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_the_Apple_of_My_Eye&oldid=869376690, Articles lacking in-text citations from April 2010, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 November 2018, at 05:57. It is one of the more blues-based songs in the Fats Domino catalog — and one of the most blues-based songs ever recorded by Frankie Valli and his friends, regardless of the name or membership of the group. The Four Lovers (1956 personnel: Frankie Valli, Nick and Tommy DeVito, and Hank Majewski) was the eventual result of Valli joining The Variety Trio in 1954 to form The Variatones (which briefly included mutual friends on a part-time basis). After the Four Lovers became The Four Seasons in 1961, "You're the Apple of My Eye" was re-recorded (as "Apple of My Eye") for the Sherry and 11 Others album (1962).