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