To Know Him Is to Love Him

"To Know You Is to Love You"
"To Know You Is to Love You"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Vinton
B-side	"The Beat of My Heart"
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	Pop
Length	2:21
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Phil Spector
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Bobby Vinton singles chronology

"To Know You Is to Love You"
"To Know You Is to Love You"
Single by Peter and Gordon
from the album True Love Ways
B-side	"I Told You So"
Released	1965
Recorded	1965
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:33
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Phil Spector
Producer(s)	John Burgess
Peter and Gordon singles chronology

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
Single by The Teddy Bears
B-side	"Don't You Worry My Little Pet"
Released	September 1958
Recorded	1958
Genre	Pop
Length	2:18
Label	Doré
Songwriter(s)	Phil Spector
The Teddy Bears singles chronology

"To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was to Love Him."^[3] It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member,^[2] the Teddy Bears. Their recording spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958,^[4] while reaching No. 2 on the UK's New Musical Express chart.^[5] Peter & Gordon and Bobby Vinton later had hits with the song, with its title and lyrics changed to "To Know You Is to Love You". In 1987, the song was resurrected by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris, whose Trio recording topped the U.S. country singles chart.

The song is in 12/8 time.

Chart performance

Chart (1958)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
UK (New Musical Express)	2
Canada CHUM Chart ^[6]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides^[7]	10

All-time charts

Chart (1958–2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	168

Peter and Gordon version

In 1965, Peter and Gordon released a version of the song, titled "To Know You Is to Love You". Peter and Gordon's version spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 5,^[9] while also reaching No. 5 on Canada's "RPM Play Sheet".^[10] In the United States, the song spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 24.^[11]

Charts

Chart (1965)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[12]	5
UK Singles Chart	5
Canada – RPM Play Sheet ^[13]	5
US – Billboard Hot 100	24

Bobby Vinton version

In 1969, Bobby Vinton released a version of the song, titled "To Know You Is to Love You". Vinton's version spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 34,^[14] while reaching No. 8 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,^[15] No. 16 on Canada's RPM 100,^[16] and No. 6 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart.^[17]

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
US – Billboard Hot 100	34
US – Billboard Easy Listening	8
Canada – RPM 100	16
Canada – RPM Adult Contemporary	6
Canada – CHUM 30^[18]	14

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris version

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"

Single by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris

from the album Trio

B-side

"Farther Along"

Released

January 26, 1987

Genre

Country

Length

3:48

Phil Spector

Dolly Parton singles chronology

"We Had It All"
(1986)

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
(1987)

"Telling Me Lies"
(1987)

Linda Ronstadt singles chronology

"I Knew You When"
(1983)

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
(1987)

"Telling Me Lies"
(1987)

Emmylou Harris singles chronology

"Today I Started Loving You Again"
(1986)

"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
(1987)

"Telling Me Lies"
(1987)

In 1987, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris covered the song, including it on their Grammy Award-winning, multi-million selling Trio album, and releasing it as the album's first single. Their version hit No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart on May 16, 1987. The accompanying music video was played continuously on CMT and directed by George Lucas – Ronstadt's boyfriend at that time.^[19]^[20]

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles^[21]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Other versions

The Beatles recorded two versions, both retitled "To Know Her Is to Love Her". One version was on their January 1962 audition tapes with Decca, not released during the band's existence and not included on Anthology 1. The second version was recorded on 16 July 1963 for the Pop Go The Beatles radio show and was not officially released until 1994, on their Live at the BBC compilation album. John Lennon recorded his own version of the song in 1973 ("To Know Her Is to Love Her"), but it would not see release until the 1986 posthumous compilation Menlove Ave.^[22]
In 1972, Jody Miller released her version as a single and on the album There's a Party Goin' On.^[23] Miller's version reached No. 18 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart,^[24] No. 20 on Record World's Country Singles Chart,^[25] and No. 21 on the Cash Box Country Top 75 chart.^[26] It also reached No. 12 on Canada's RPM Country Playlist.^[27]
In 1973, Gary Glitter did a cover, retitled as "To Know You Is to Love You", on his album Touch Me
In 2006, Amy Winehouse included her recording of the song as the B-side to the UK release of her single, "You Know I'm No Good".^[28]^[29]
In 2010, Roger Waters and David Gilmour, formerly of Pink Floyd, reunited to perform the song for the Hoping Foundation's annual fundraiser.^[30]

References

↑ Classic Tracks, Back To Back Singles; Thunder Bay Press, 2008.
1 2 "Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4] : UNT Digital Library". Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. April 27, 1969. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
↑ Charles Montaldo. "Profile of Phil Spector". About.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1987). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 301.
↑ Teddy Bears – Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 27, 2015
↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 1, 1958".
↑ "Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, December 8, 1958. p. 34. Accessed October 27, 2015
↑ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
↑ Peter & Gordon – Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 27, 2015
↑ "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly, Volume 3, Ed. 25, August 16, 1965. Accessed October 27, 2015
↑ Peter & Gordon – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 27, 2015
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – To Know Him Is to Love Him". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
↑ "RPM Top 40 Play List - August 16, 1965" (PDF).
↑ Bobby Vinton – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015
↑ Bobby Vinton – Chart History – Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015
↑ "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 11, May 12, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015
↑ "Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 11, May 12, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015
↑ "CHUM 30 – May 17, 1969". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2015. Collector's issue No. 41.
↑ Lewry, Peter (2010). Linda Ronstadt: A Life In Music, Second edition. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781849892476.
↑ Newton, Dione (Director) (2016). Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou (Documentary). UK: ВВС. Event occurs at 47:50.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 152.
↑ "To Know Her Is to Love Her". Beatlesbible.com. March 16, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
↑ "Billboard Album Reviews", Billboard. September 2, 1972. p. 34. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
↑ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard. December 23, 1972. p. 28. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
↑ "The Country Singles Chart", Record World. December 16, 1972. p. 62. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
↑ "Cash Box Country Top 75", Cash Box. December 16, 1972. p. 38. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
↑ "The Programmers Country Playlist", RPM. Volume 18, No. 19. December 23, 1972. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
↑ Marcus, Greil (August 29, 2014). "How Amy Winehouse made 'To Know Him is to Love Him' her own". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
↑ "You Know I'm No Good by Amy Winehouse". Songfacts. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
↑ https://www.hopingfoundation.org/events-entries/2017/12/21/hoping-for-the-children-of-palestine

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[1] Classic Tracks, Back To Back Singles; Thunder Bay Press, 2008.

[popc-2] 1 2 "Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4] : UNT Digital Library". Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. April 27, 1969. Retrieved September 9, 2010.

[3] Charles Montaldo. "Profile of Phil Spector". About.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

[Whitburn-4] Whitburn, Joel (1987). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 301.

[5] Teddy Bears – Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 27, 2015

[6] "CHUM Hit Parade - December 1, 1958".

[7] "Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, December 8, 1958. p. 34. Accessed October 27, 2015

[8] "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

[9] Peter & Gordon – Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 27, 2015

[10] "R.P.M. Play Sheet", RPM Weekly, Volume 3, Ed. 25, August 16, 1965. Accessed October 27, 2015

[11] Peter & Gordon – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 27, 2015

[sc_Ireland2_-12] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – To Know Him Is to Love Him". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

[13] "RPM Top 40 Play List - August 16, 1965" (PDF).

[14] Bobby Vinton – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015

[15] Bobby Vinton – Chart History – Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015

[16] "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 11, May 12, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015

[17] "Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 11, May 12, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015

[18] "CHUM 30 – May 17, 1969". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2015. Collector's issue No. 41.

[19] Lewry, Peter (2010). Linda Ronstadt: A Life In Music, Second edition. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781849892476.

[20] Newton, Dione (Director) (2016). Sisters in Country: Dolly, Linda and Emmylou (Documentary). UK: ВВС. Event occurs at 47:50.

[21] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 152.

[22] "To Know Her Is to Love Her". Beatlesbible.com. March 16, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[23] "Billboard Album Reviews", Billboard. September 2, 1972. p. 34. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[24] "Hot Country Singles", Billboard. December 23, 1972. p. 28. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[25] "The Country Singles Chart", Record World. December 16, 1972. p. 62. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[26] "Cash Box Country Top 75", Cash Box. December 16, 1972. p. 38. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[27] "The Programmers Country Playlist", RPM. Volume 18, No. 19. December 23, 1972. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

[28] Marcus, Greil (August 29, 2014). "How Amy Winehouse made 'To Know Him is to Love Him' her own". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

[29] "You Know I'm No Good by Amy Winehouse". Songfacts. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

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Bobby Vinton
Discography
Studio albums	Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed with a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music – 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By
Live albums	Live at the Copa
Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album' Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Polka Album The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton
Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "My Elusive Dreams" "Why Don't They Understand" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed with a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time"

Emmylou Harris singles
Albums Singles
Pieces of the Sky	"If I Could Only Win Your Love"
Elite Hotel	"Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams"
Luxury Liner	"You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)" "Making Believe"
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town	"To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Easy From Now On"
Blue Kentucky Girl	"Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters"
Roses in the Snow	"Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer"
Evangeline	"Mister Sandman" "I Don't Have to Crawl"
Cimarron	"If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run"
Last Date	"(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
White Shoes	"Drivin' Wheel" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love"
Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris	"Someone Like You"
The Ballad of Sally Rose	"White Line"
Thirteen	"Today I Started Loving You Again"
Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers"
Bluebird	"Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"
Brand New Dance	"Never Be Anyone Else But You"
Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)	"After the Gold Rush"
All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)	"All the Roadrunning"
Singles as a featured artist	"Wild Montana Skies" (featured with John Denver) "Thing About You" (featured with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (featured with Earl Thomas Conley)
Other songs	"Boulder to Birmingham" "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"

Linda Ronstadt
Albums Singles Performances
Stone Poneys albums	The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt Evergreen, Volume 2 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III
Studio albums	Hand Sown ... Home Grown Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt Don't Cry Now Heart Like a Wheel Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind Simple Dreams Living in the USA Mad Love Get Closer What's New Lush Life For Sentimental Reasons Canciones de Mi Padre Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Mas Canciones Frenesí Winter Light Feels Like Home Dedicated to the One I Love We Ran A Merry Little Christmas Hummin' to Myself
Collaborations	Trio Santiago Trio II Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Adieu False Heart The Complete Trio Collection
Compilations	Different Drum Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas Duets
Live Albums	Live in Hollywood
Hit singles	"Different Drum" "Long, Long Time" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "You're No Good"/"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" "When Will I Be Loved"/"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Heat Wave"/"Love Is a Rose" "The Tracks of My Tears" "That'll Be the Day" "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" "Lose Again" "Crazy" "Blue Bayou" "It's So Easy" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Tumbling Dice" "Back in the U.S.A." "Ooo Baby Baby" "Just One Look" "Love Me Tender" "Alison" "How Do I Make You" "Hurt So Bad" "I Can't Let Go" "I Knew You When" "What's New?" "Somewhere Out There" "Don't Know Much" "All My Life" "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" "Close Your Eyes" "Walk On"
Other songs	"Desperado" "Mr. Sandman"
Related topics	"Mr. Plow" FM (film) The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film)
Category

Jody Miller
Discography
Studio albums	Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe (1963) Queen of the House (1965) Home of the Brave (1965) Jody Miller Sings the Great Hits of Buck Owens (1966) The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller (1968) Look at Mine (1970) He's So Fine (1971) There's a Party Goin' On (1972) Good News! (1973) House of the Rising Sun (1974) Country Girl (1975) Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (1976) Here's Jody Miller (1977)
Singles	"Queen of the House" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "Home of the Brave" "Long Black Limousine" "Look at Mine" "If You Think I Love You Now (I've Just Started)" "He's So Fine" "Baby I'm Yours" "Be My Baby" "Let's All Go Down to the River" (with Johnny Paycheck) "There's a Party Goin' On" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Good News" "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home" "Don't Take It Away" "When the New Wears Off Our Love" "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me"