Ivory_Tower_(1956_song) Knowpia

"Ivory Tower"
"Ivory Tower"
Single by Otis Williams and the Charms
B-side	"In Paradise"
Released	March 1956
Recorded	1955
Genre	R&B
Length	2:15
Label	DeLuxe
Songwriter(s)	Jack Fulton, Lois Steele
Otis Williams and the Charms singles chronology

"Ivory Tower"
"Ivory Tower"
Single by Cathy Carr
from the album Ivory Tower
B-side	"Please, Please Believe Me"
Released	March 1956
Recorded	1955
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:29
Label	Fraternity
Songwriter(s)	Jack Fulton, Lois Steele
Cathy Carr singles chronology

"Ivory Tower"
"Ivory Tower"
Single by Gale Storm
from the album Gale's Great Hits
B-side	"I Ain't Gonna Worry"
Released	March 1956
Recorded	1955
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:41
Label	Dot
Songwriter(s)	Jack Fulton, Lois Steele
Gale Storm singles chronology

"Ivory Tower" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele.^[1] Popular versions by Cathy Carr and Gale Storm, and a rhythm & blues version by Otis Williams all received major popularity in 1956.

Recorded versions edit

Cathy Carr (1956) went to number 2 on the Top 100.^[2] Overseas, her version achieved number 2 on the Australian chart.
Hank Locklin
Gale Storm (1956) went to number 6 on the Billboard pop charts
Porter Wagoner
Otis Williams and the Charms (1956) reached number 5 on Billboard's R&B chart and number 11 on the pop chart.^[3]
Connie Francis
Compare a song recorded by Eileen Rodgers in 1956 called "Unwanted Heart", written by Ray Conniff, and released on 4 June, as Columbia catalogue 40708, which is uncannily similar.

^ "Cover versions of Ivory Tower by Jack Fulton". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 107.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 114.