<Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Gala (original version--1961) King (re-recorded version--1963) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Wayne Cochran, Joe Carpenter, Randall Hoyal & Bobby McGlon </Td> </Tr> <P> "Last Kiss" is a song released by Wayne Cochran in 1961 on the Gala label . It failed to do well on the charts . Cochran subsequently re-recorded his song for the King label in 1963 . It was later revived by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, Pearl Jam and several international artists, including the Canadian group Wednesday, with varying degrees of success . The song was one of several teen tragedy songs from that period . The song's opening lyrics mirror the opening lyrics of Septimus Winner's "Der Deitcher's Dog". </P> <P> The singer borrows his father's car to take his beloved sweetheart out on a romantic date (on a rainy night). Coming upon a stalled car in the road, the singer swerves to the right to avoid it, losing control and crashing violently in the process . The crash renders both the singer and his girlfriend unconscious . The singer later regains consciousness and finds several people at the scene of the accident, but was still able to find his girlfriend, still lying unconscious . When the singer cradles his girlfriend lovingly in his arms, she regains partial consciousness, smiling and asking the singer to "hold me, darling, for a little while ." The singer then gives his sweetheart what would be their "last romantic kiss" as she fades into death and enters the afterlife . </P>

Who sang the original version of last kiss