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 was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in New York.

A Mess Of Blues

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Elvis Presley

US Chart 32
UK Chart 2


UK Chart 15

Status Quo

Angel Face

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


James Darren

US Chart 47


Billy Fury

Can’t Get Used To Losing You

2,798,803 plays. Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Andy Williams

US Chart 2
UK Chart 2


US Chart (Adult Contemporary) 1
UK Chart 3

The Beat

First Taste Of Love

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Ben E. King

US Chart 53
UK Chart 27

Get It While You Can

Jerry Ragovoy/Mort Shuman


Howard Tate

US Chart (R&B) 12


Janis Joplin Band Of Gypsy’s (W Jimi Hendrix)

Go Jimmy Go

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Jimmy Clanton

US Chart 5

Here I Go Again

Mort Shuman/Clive Westlake


The Hollies

UK Chart 4

Hound Dog Man

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Fabian

US Chart 9
UK Chart 46

Hushabye

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Mystics

US Chart 30


The Beach Boys


Jay & The Americans

US Chart 62

I Count The Tears

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Drifters

US Chart 17
UK Chart 28


The Searchers


Rosanne Cash

I Dig Girls

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Bobby Rydell

US Chart 46

(If You Cry) True Love, True Love

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Drifters

US Chart 33
US Chart (R&B) 5

I’m A Man

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Fabian

US Chart 31


Mort Shuman

It’s A Lonely Town
(Lonely Without You)

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Gene Mcdaniels

US Chart 64

Jacky

Jacques Brel & Gerard Jouannest/Mort Shuman


Scott Walker

UK Chart 22


Marc Almond

UK Chart 17

Kiss Me Quick

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Elvis Presley

UK Chart 34
US Chart 14

Little Children

Jay Leslie Mcfarland/Mort Shuman


Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas

US Chart 1

Little Sister

2,838,797 Plays - Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Elvis Presley

US Chart 5
UK Chart 1


Ry Cooder


Dwight Yoakam

Lonely Winds

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Drifters

US Chart 54
US Chart (R&B) 9


The Walker Brothers

Look At Granny Run, Run

Jerry Ragovoy/Mort Shuman


Howard Tate

US Chart (R&B) 12

Love’s Just A Broken Heart

Kenny Lynch, Mort Shuman, Michèle Vendôme


Cilla Black

UK Chart 5

(Marie’s The Name Of)
His Latest Flame

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Elvis Presley

US Chart 4
UK Chart 1

My Baby

Jerry Ragovoy/Mort Shuman


Janis Joplin

No One

Ray Charles/Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman


US Chart 21
UK Chart 35

Ray Charles


Brenda Lee

US Chart 98


Connie Francis

Plain Jane

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Bobby Darin

US Chart 38

Room Full Of Tears

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Drifters

US Chart 72

Save The Last Dance For Me

7,448,781 Plays - Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


US Chart 1
US Chart (R&B) 1
UK Chart 2

The Drifters


US Chart (Country) 3
US Chart (Adult Contemporary) 12
US Chart 45

Dolly Parton


Ben E King

UK Chart 69


Buck Owens

US Chart (Country) 11


General Saint Feat Don Campbel

UK Chart 74


Damita Jo

US Chart 22


De Franco Family

UK Chart 18


US Chart 99
US Chart (Adult Contemporary) 1

Michael Bublé


Dion
The Beatles – (“Let It Be Sessions”)
Ike & Tina Turner
Neil Diamond
Nilsson
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Leonard Cohen
Jerry Lee Lewis
Emmylou Harris
Aaron Neville
Paul Anka
The Righteous Brothers
Bruce Willis
Bon Jovi & Willy De Ville
Harry Connick Jnr
The Troggs
Bruce Springsteen
Petula Clark
Dalida
Geno Delafose

Also recorded by:

Seven Day Weekend

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Gary US Bonds

US Chart 27


New York Dolls

Sha La La La Lee

Kenny Lynch/Mort Shuman


The Small Faces

UK Chart 3


Plastic Bertrand

Spanish Lace

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Gene Mcdaniels

US Chart 31


The Drifters

Stop

Jerry Ragovoy/Mort Shuman


Howard Tate

US Chart 76
US Chart (R&B) 15


Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsy’s

Teenager In Love

2,647,970 Plays - Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Dion & The Belmonts

US Chart 5
UK Chart 28


UK Chart 2

Marty Wilde


Craig Douglas

UK Chart 13


Bob Marley & The Wailers

This Magic Moment

7,003,756 Plays - Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Drifters

US Chart 16


US Chart 6

Jay & The Americans


Lou Reed (In David Lynch’s ‘Lost Highway’)


Diana Ross


Marvin Gaye


Misfits with Ronnie Spector


The Mountain Goats

Too Good

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Little Tony & His Brothers

UK Chart 19

Turn Me Loose

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Fabian

US Chart 19

Viva Las Vegas

733,592 Plays - Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Elvis Presley

US Chart 29
UK Chart 15


UK Chart (Rock) 16

ZZ Top


Bruce Springsteen


Dead Kennedy’s


Shawn Colvin

What Good Am I

Jay Leslie Mcfarland/Mort Shuman


Cilla Black

UK Chart 24

White Bucks And Saddle Shoes

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Bobby Pedrick Jnr Aka Robert John

US Chart 74

The World Of Broken Hearts

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Amen Corner

UK Chart 24

Wrong For Each Other

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


Andy Williams

US Chart 34
US Chart (Adult Contemporary) 11

Your Other Love

Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus


The Flamingos

US Chart 54


Dean Martin