Piano Sheets > Buck Ram Sheet Music > Only You (ver. 1) Piano Sheet

Only You (ver. 1) by Buck Ram - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Only You (And You Alone)" (often shortened to "Only You") is a pop song composed by Buck Ram and Ande Rand. It was recorded most successfully by The Platters in 1955. The first recording of the song by The Platters turned out poorly, but after a re-recording, the song scored a major hit when it was released on July 3, 1955. The song held strong in the #1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks, and hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It remained there for 30 weeks, beating out a rival cover version by a white band called The Hilltoppers. A 1959 instrumental cover by French orchestrator Franck Pourcel hit the Billboard top ten. Brenda Lee's version made the top five in Flemish Belgium in late 1963. In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna, and it became a #1 hit on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and a #6 hit on the US pop chart in early.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Buck Ram (November 21, 1907 Chicago, Illinois - January 1, 1991 Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger. He was born Samuel Ram to Jewish parents. It has been written that the history of rock and roll could not be written without Buck Ram's contributions. He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years, alongside Paul Simon, Kris Kristofferson and Paul McCartney. Ram also wrote, produced and/or arranged for The Coasters, The Drifters, Ike and Tina Turner, Ike Cole, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others. Ram is now mainly remembered for his long association with The Platters, whom he signed to a management contract in 1953. Ram was working as a talent manager, A&R man and saxophone player in a dance band when Tony Williams, the brother of one of Ram's clients, auditioned for him. Ram was looking for a group to sing the songs he wrote and found the voice he was looking for in Williams. He built The Platters around him. Ram arranged and produced all recordings by The Platters, from their signing with Mercury Records until his death, and wrote their biggest.
Click here if the video doesn't work
Random article
How to read sheet music  How to read sheet music Reading piano sheet music is no simple thing. For it first we require to know the individual elements of the composition itself in order to read sheet music. You must make sure that you are familiar with that particular composition's language before you tackle the entire piece. In order to grasp the intent and nuances of the piece quickly for reading piano sheet music following steps are to be considered:- 1> To start with have a look over entire composition to get the feel of the length and style of the sheet music. This first run through is just to have a quick overview of the composer's work. This will slowly prepare you to read the sheet music.  (More...)