Discography
US & UK Hits
This discography is not comprehensive and focuses on songs that were hits in USA and UK. Additions and corrections are welcome.
Song titles are alphabetical, chart positions are shown. The original recording is shown first; then other known artist recordings are listed.
Mort´s songs have sold in excess of 30,000,000 records. He has won more than 25 BMI Awards and CANT GET USED TO LOSING YOU, TEENAGER IN LOVE + LITTLE SISTER have each logged more than 2,500,000 feature broadcast performances in the USA. SUSPICION over 3,000.000, THIS MAGIC MOMENT over 6,500,000 and SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME has now clocked up more than a staggering 7,000,000 plays! SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME is one of the 25 Most Performed Songs of All Time and was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame As A Recording Of Lasting, Qualitative And Historical Significance; It was also nominated for Grammy Song Of The Year in 1960 and ranked 182 on Rolling Stones Songs of All Time. In 1992, Mort was elected into The Songwriter´s Hall of Fame. In March 2010 Mort will be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in New York.
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY MORT SHUMAN & DOC POMUS
except as indicated below using these numbers:
1. JERRY RAGOVOY/MORT SHUMAN
2. CLIVE WESTLAKE/MORT SHUMAN
3. JACQUES BREL & GERARD JOUANNEST/MORT SHUMAN
4. JAY LESLIE McFARLAND/MORT SHUMAN
5. KENNY LYNCH/MORT SHUMAN
6. RAY CHARLES/DOC POMUS/MORT SHUMAN
US Chart Key
AC = ADULT CONTEMPORARY
R&B = RHYTHM +& BLUES
R = ROCK
C = COUNTRY
| Song Title | Recording Artist | US Chart Position |
UK Chart Position |
Audio/ Video Link |
| A MESS OF BLUES | ELVIS PRESLEY | 32 | 2 | |
| STATUS QUO | 15 | |||
| ANGEL FACE | JAMES DARREN |
47 | ||
| BILLY FURY | ||||
| CAN’T GET USED TO LOSING YOU - 2,798,803 plays | ANDY WILLIAMS | 2 | 2 |  |
| THE BEAT | AC 1 | 3 | ||
| FIRST TASTE OF LOVE | BEN E. KING | 53 | 27 | |
| GET IT WHILE YOU CAN (1) | HOWARD TATE | R&B-12 | |
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| JANIS JOPLIN | |
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| BAND OF GYPSY’S (w JIMI HENDRIX) |
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| GO JIMMY GO | JIMMY CLANTON | 5 | |
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| HERE I GO AGAIN | THE HOLLIES | 4 | |
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| HOUND DOG MAN | FABIAN | 9 | 46 | |
| HUSHABYE | THE MYSTICS | 20 | |
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| THE BEACH BOYS | |
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| JAY & THE AMERICANS | 62 | |||
| I COUNT THE TEARS | THE DRIFTERS | 17 | 28 | |
| THE SEARCHERS | ||||
| ROSANNE CASH | ||||
| I DIG GIRLS | BOBBY RYDELL | 46 | |
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| (IF YOU CRY) TRUE LOVE, TRUE LOVE | THE DRIFTERS | 33 | ||
| R&B-5 | ||||
| I’M A MAN | FABIAN | 31 | |
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| MORT SHUMAN | |
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| IT’S A LONELY TOWN (LONELY WITHOUT YOU) | GENE McDANIELS | 64 | ||
| JACKY (3) | SCOTT WALKER | 22 | |
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| MARC ALMOND | 17 | |||
| KISS ME QUICK | ELVIS PRESLEY | 34 | 14 | |
| LITTLE CHILDREN (4) | BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS |
1 | ||
| LITTLE SISTER - 2,838,797 plays | ELVIS PRESLEY | 5 | 1 | |
| RY COODER | ||||
| DWIGHT YOAKAM | |
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| LONELY WINDS | THE DRIFTERS | 54 | |
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| R&B-9 | ||||
| THE WALKER BROTHERS | ||||
| LOOK AT GRANNY RUN, RUN (1) | HOWARD TATE | R&B-12 | ||
| LOVE’S JUST A BROKEN HEART | CILLA BLACK | 5 | |
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| (MARIE’S THE NAME OF) HIS LATEST FLAME | ELVIS PRESLEY | 4 | 1 | |
| NO ONE (6) | RAY CHARLES | 21 | 35 | |
| BRENDA LEE | 98 | |
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| CONNIE FRANCIS | ||||
| PLAIN JANE | BOBBY DARIN | 38 | |
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| ROOM FULL OF TEARS | THE DRIFTERS | 72 | ||
| SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME - 7,448,781 plays | THE DRIFTERS | 1 | 2 | |
| R&B1 | ||||
| DOLLY PARTON | C3 | |
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| AC12 | ||||
| P45 | ||||
| BEN E KING | 69 | |||
| BUCK OWENS | C11 | |||
| GENERAL SAINT | 74 | |||
| DAMITA JO | 22 | |||
| DE FRANCO FAMILY | 18 | |||
| MICHAEL BUBLE | 99 | |
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| AC1 | ||||
| DION | ||||
| THE BEATLES – (“LET IT BE SESSIONS”) | ||||
| IKE + TINA TURNER | ||||
| NEIL DIAMOND | ||||
| NILSSON | ||||
| JERRY LEE LEWIS | ||||
| EMMYLOU HARRIS | ||||
| AARON NEVILLE | |
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| PAUL ANKA | ||||
| THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS | ||||
| BRUCE WILLIS | ||||
| BON JOVI & WILLY DE VILLE | ||||
| HARRY CONNICK Jnr | ||||
| THE TROGGS | ||||
| BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | |
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| PETULA CLARK | ||||
| DALIDA | ||||
| GENO DELAFOSE | ||||
| SEVEN DAY WEEKEND | GARY US BONDS | 27 | |
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| NEW YORK DOLLS | ||||
| SHA LA LA LEE (5) | THE SMALL FACES | 3 | |
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| PLASTIC BERTRAND | ||||
| SPANISH LACE | GENE McDANIELS | 31 | |
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| THE DRIFTERS | ||||
| STOP | HOWARD TATE | 76 | ||
| R&B-15 | ||||
| BAND OF GYPSY’S (w JIMI HENDRIX) |
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| SURRENDER | ELVIS PRESLEY | 1 | 1 | |
| SUSPICION - 3,215,492 plays | ELVIS PRESLEY | 9 | |
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| TERRY STAFFORD | 3 | 31 | |
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| SWEETS FOR MY SWEET | THE DRIFTERS | 16 | ||
| R+B 10 | ||||
| THE SEARCHERS | 1 | |||
| C J LEWIS | 3 | |||
| BRIAN WILSON | ||||
| TONY ORLANDO | AC 20 | |||
| C 54 | ||||
| NEIL DIAMOND | ||||
| TINA CHARLES | 26 | |||
| TEENAGER IN LOVE - 2,647,970 plays | DION + THE BELMONTS | 5 | 28 | |
| MARTY WILDE | 2 | |
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| CRAIG DOUGLAS | 13 | |||
| BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS | |
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| THIS MAGIC MOMENT - 7,003,756 plays | THE DRIFTERS | 16 | |
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| JAY & THE AMERICANS | 6 | |||
| LOU REED (IN DAVID LYNCH’S ‘LOST HIGHWAY’) | |
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| DIANA ROSS | ||||
MARVIN GAYE |
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| MISFITS | ||||
| THE MOUNTAIN GOATS | ||||
| TOO GOOD | LITTLE TONY & HIS BROTHERS | 19 | |
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| TURN ME LOOSE | FABIAN | 9 | |
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| VIVA LAS VEGAS - 733,592 plays | ELVIS PRESLEY | 29 | 15 | |
| ZZ TOP | R16 | |
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| BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | |
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| DEAD KENNEDY’S | |
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| SHAWN COLVIN | |
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| WHAT GOOD AM I (4) | CILLA BLACK | 24 | |
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| WHITE BUCKS AND SADDLE SHOES | BOBBY PEDRICK JNR aka ROBERT JOHN |
74 | |
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| WORLD OF BROKEN HEARTS | AMEN CORNER | 24 | |
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| WRONG FOR EACH OTHER | ANDY WILLIAMS | 34 | |
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| YOUR OTHER LOVE | THE FLAMINGOS | 54 | |
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| DEAN MARTIN | |
