Mountain of Love

"Mountain of Love"
Single by Harold Dorman
B-side"To Be with You"
Released1960 (1960)
Recorded1959
GenreRock and roll
Length2:30
LabelRita
Songwriter(s)Harold Dorman
Producer(s)Roland Janes[1]

"Mountain of Love" is a song written by Harold Dorman. Dorman released his version as a single in 1960. It was originally recorded in late 1959 at the Royal Recording Studios in Memphis before the backing vocals (and strings, much later) were overdubbed. It performed well, spending 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[2] peaking at No. 21 in May 1960,[3] while reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart,[4] and No. 25 on Canada's "CHUM Hit Parade".[5] The song was his only top forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the highest-charting single of his career.[2]

  1. ^ Brewer, Roy (2000). "String Musicians in the Recording Studios of Memphis, Tennessee". Popular Music. 19 (2). 3rd paragraph, line 7: Cambridge Press: 202. doi:10.1017/S0261143000000118. ISSN 0261-1430. JSTOR 853668. S2CID 163095947. Retrieved 7 March 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ a b Harold Dorman - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 16, 2015
  3. ^ "The Billboard HOT 100", Billboard, May 23, 1960. p. 34. Accessed November 29, 2015
  4. ^ "The Billboard Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, May 16, 1960. p. 44. Accessed November 29, 2015
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of May 16, 1960". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2015-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chart No. 159.