<P> Ironically when the Blue Belles recorded their own version shortly before promoting it, both the Starlets and Blue Belles' versions were strikingly similar . The Starlets did not fully recover from the "Junkman" scandal and after a half - year of new recordings, disbanded in 1963 . Meanwhile, the newly christened Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles went on to national fame that year with their hit, "Down the Aisle (The Wedding Song)". </P> <P> In 1962, Lyn Cornell released her cover of the song with Jack Good's eccentric production . Despite gaining airplay on the BBC Light Programme, it did not match her earlier UK Singles Chart appearance with "Never on Sunday". </P> <P> Bette Midler covered the song on her 1998 album, Bathhouse Betty . </P>

Patti labelle i sold my heart to the junkman