<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Parlophone </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Robert Lindon, William Henry </Td> </Tr> <P> The song made the popular song charts in a 1957 recording by English singer Laurie London with the Geoff Love Orchestra, which reached #12 on the UK singles chart in late 1957 . The songwriting on London's record was credited to "Robert Lindon" and "William Henry", which were pseudonyms used by British writers Jack Waller and Ralph Reader, who had used the song in their 1956 stage musical Wild Grows the Heather . </P> <P> Laurie London's version then rose to #1 of the Most Played by Jockeys song list in the USA and went to number three on the R&B charts in 1958 . The record reached #2 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores survey and #1 in Cashbox's Top 60 . It became a gold record and was the most successful record by a British male in the 1950s in the USA . It was the first, and remains, the only gospel song to hit #1 on a U.S. pop singles chart; "Put Your Hand in the Hand (of the Man)" by Ocean peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1971; and "Oh Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1969 . </P>

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