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It's Not for Me to Say

"It's Not for Me to Say"
Single by Johnny Mathis and Ray Conniff and his Orchestra
from the album Johnny's Greatest Hits
B-side"Warm and Tender"
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1957
Recorded1956
StudioColumbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Length3:01
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Robert Allen, Al Stillman
Producer(s)Ray Conniff
Johnny Mathis singles chronology
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
(1956)
"It's Not for Me to Say"
(1957)
"Chances Are"
(1957)

"It's Not for Me to Say" is a 1957 popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman.[1] It was written for the 1957 movie Lizzie (starring Eleanor Parker), and was sung by Johnny Mathis[2] in the film.[3]

Mathis' recording of the song, arranged by Ray Conniff, was the most successful version, reaching number 5 on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart.[4]

In Canada, the song was number two for seven weeks (June 24 - August 5), kept out of number one for six of those weeks by Elvis Presley's (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear.[5]

Other film appearances

References

  1. ^ "Original versions of It's Not for Me to Say written by Robert Allen, Al Stillman". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ Johnny Mathis interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  3. ^ "Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me to Say (Lizzie, 1957)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 405. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - June 24, 1957".
  6. ^ "Tin Men (1987) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Everybody's All-American (1988) Soundtrack". Ringostrack.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Every Song in the Goodfellas Soundtrack". Screenrant.com. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Zodiac Soundtrack - Listen to all 20 songs with scene descriptions". Soundtrackradar.com. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  10. ^ "All 15 songs from the A Case Of You (2013) Soundtrack". What-song.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Every Secret Thing (2014) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.


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