Forget Him (Bobby Rydell song)

"Forget Him"
Single by Bobby Rydell
from the album Forget Him
B-side "Love, Love Go Away"
Released October 1963[1]
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Recorded 1963
Genre Pop
Length 2:08
Label Cameo-Parkway Records
Writer(s) Tony Hatch (Credited as Mark Anthony)[2]
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"Let's Make Love Tonight"
(1963)		 "Forget Him"
(1963)		 "Little Girl You've Had a Busy Day"
(1964)

"Forget Him" is a song released in 1963 by Bobby Rydell. The song spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 4 on January 18, 1964,[3] while it spent 14 weeks on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart, reaching No. 13.[4] The song also reached No. 3 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[5][6] No. 3 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[7] No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart,[8] and No. 2 in Hong Kong.[9]

The song first charted in the United Kingdom on May 29, 1963.[10] It received significant airplay, began to rise in the charts and was noticed by Paul McCartney. In 2000, McCartney said the initial idea for "She Loves You" came from a Bobby Rydell hit that was popular at the time (mid-1963).[11] Lennon and McCartney started composing "She Loves You" after a concert on June 26, 1963 (about four weeks after the release of "Forget Him" in the UK). They began writing the song on the tour bus, and continued later that night at their hotel in Newcastle.[12] "She Loves You" was completed the following day at McCartney's family home in Forthlin Road, Liverpool.[13]

"Forget Him" peaked in the United States in early 1964 and was ranked No. 20 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964".[14]

Chart performance

Chart (1963-1964) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 4
US Billboard Middle-Road Singles 3
US Cash Box Top 100[15] 5
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 3
Irish Singles Chart 3
United Kingdom - Record Retailer 13
Hong Kong 2

References

  1. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/c280
  2. ↑ Forget Him - By: Bobby Rydell, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
  4. ↑ Bobby Rydell - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ Bobby Rydell - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
  6. ↑ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 18, 1964. p. 58. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2006). Chart No. 354, December 23, 1963. CHUM. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ Search Results for "Bobby Rydell", The Irish Charts. Accessed October 16, 2015
  9. ↑ "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, January 18, 1964. p. 61. Accessed July 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ Bobby Rydell - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. London: Cassell & Co., page 96
  12. ↑ Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing, page 990-992.
  13. ↑ The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. London: Cassell & Co., page 96
  14. ↑ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1964", Cash Box, December 26, 1964. p. 12. Accessed July 28, 2016.
  15. ↑ Cash Box Top 100, Cash Box, January 18, 1964. p. 6. Accessed July 14, 2016.


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