"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Paul Anka

Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...

. Anka's version, released as a single in 1959

1959 in music

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, became very successful, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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The song was repopularized when released as a single by The Lettermen

The Lettermen

The Lettermen are an American male pop music vocal trio. The Lettermen's trademark is close-harmony pop songs with light arrangements. The group started in 1959...

 in 1968

1968 in music

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. This version peaked just outside the top forty of the Hot 100, but continued their streak of top forty adult contemporary hits.

This song is not to be confused with the Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

' "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)

"Don't Talk " is a song written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the fourth track on the album Pet Sounds.- Information :...

" (Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...

/Tony Asher

Tony Asher

Tony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with front man Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"...

) from Pet Sounds

Pet Sounds

Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. It has since been recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of popular music and one of the best albums of the 1960s, including songs such as "Wouldn't...

(1966), with which it has much in common musically.

Covers

Enrique Guzmán

Enrique Guzmán

Enrique Guzmán is a Mexican singer. He is the father of Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán by his former wife, actress and politician Silvia Pinal....

 (Mexican singer) recorded a Spanish version in the 1960's titled "Tu cabeza en mi hombro". In Latinamerica, that cover is even more popular than the original one.

Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous in the late 1970s as a teen idol, but received much publicity in later life for his drug abuse and legal troubles.-Early life:...

 (American singer) also recorded a version in 1978.

Chilean pop singer Myriam Hernández

Myriam Hernández

Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's...

, together with Anka, recorded a Spanglish version for his duets album Amigos. Canadian crooner and Paul Anka protegé Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

 also recorded a lushly arranged version of it on his eponymously titled 2003 debut album. The Punk Rock band Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte

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 also did a version of the song in the movie Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie

Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Joel Gallen, released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of teen movies which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades...

entitled "Put Your Heads on my Shoulder," which originally aired in 2001. The song is also featured in the video game Hitman: Contracts

Hitman: Contracts

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