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Put Your Head on My Shoulder

The Lettermen

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1968

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Traditional popEasy listening

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Release: 1968

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AllMusic - Put Your Head on My Shoulder
1968 Capitol album, Paul Anka composition as title track, and its separate single issue. No exact release day or later compilation date is assigned.

BEHIND THE SONG

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The Lettermen made Paul Anka's Put Your Head on My Shoulder the title track of a 1968 Capitol album and also issued it as a single. The album placed the vocal trio's treatment alongside other contemporary material, including songs associated with the Doors and Jeannie C. Riley.

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AllMusic - Put Your Head on My Shoulder
1968 Capitol album, Paul Anka composition as title track, and its separate single issue. No exact release day or later compilation date is assigned. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

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AllMusic - Put Your Head on My Shoulder
1968 Capitol album, Paul Anka composition as title track, and its separate single issue. No exact release day or later compilation date is assigned.

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