It has been claimed by some historians that Dache was a pseudonym for Epic recording artist Tony Orlando, whose recording of the original song had not been released as Don Kirshner thought the lyric was convincing only as sung by a woman. Chart history īertell Dache, a black demo singer for the Brill Building lyricists, recorded an answer song entitled "Not just Tomorrow, But Always". The song later appeared on the soundtracks of Michael Apted's Stardust, Emile Ardolino's Dirty Dancing, and Tony Scott's True Romance. 3 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
126 among Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This version of the song, with session musicians Paul Griffin on piano and Gary Chester on drums, as of 2009 was ranked as the 162nd greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1960, by Acclaimed Music. 1 in the United States, the song also reached No. However, Owens recalled on Jim Parsons's syndicated oldies radio program, Shake Rattle Showtime, that some radio stations had banned the record because they had felt the lyrics were too sexually charged. She relented after a string arrangement was added. When first presented with the song, lead singer Shirley Owens (later known as Shirley Alston-Reeves) did not want to record it, because she thought it was "too country". The single's first pressing was labeled simply "Tomorrow", then lengthened later. In 1960, the American girl group the Shirelles released the first version of the song as Scepter single 1211, with " Boys" on the B-side.