Sincerely (song)

"Sincerely" is a popular song written by Harvey Fuqua and Alan Freed and published in 1954.

It was originally recorded by The Moonglows, who scored a #1 one single on the Billboard R&B Juke Box chart and #20 on the Billboard Top 100 charts.^[1] The best-selling version was a pop cover recorded by The McGuire Sisters, entering the charts in 1954 and reaching number one the next year. Many R&B collectors decry the cover version by the McGuire Sisters which kept the Moonglows off the Pop charts, but the Moonglows' version stole lyrics from a 1951 Dominoes tune, "That's What You're Doing To Me". The bridge in both songs is almost identical: "Lord, won't you tell me/ Why I love that woman so?/ She doesn't want me/ But I'll never let her go". In 1988 the country quartet Forester Sisters reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country chart with their remake of the song.

Recorded versions

• Barry Manilow and Phyllis McGuire (2000)
• Paul Anka
• Louis Armstrong (1956)
• Barry Biggs
• Rose Brennan
• Tony Castle and the Raiders
• Jill Day
• The Supremes
• The Delfonics
• Jackie Edwards
• The Forester Sisters (1988)
• Connie Francis (1959)
• The Gatlin Brothers
• Maureen McGovern (1992)
• The McGuire Sisters (1954)
• The Moonglows (1954)
• Johnny Otis and The Jayos
• Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge (1994) CD Acappella (album)
• The Paris Sisters
• The Platters
• The Tokens (1961)
• Bobby Vee
• The Four Seasons (1963, 1964)

In popular culture

• In the 1982 film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Sissy (played by Cher) sings the opening lyrics of the song.
• In the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, The Moonglows version of the song is used in the film.
• In 2010, the song played during an episode of 30 Rock entitled The Moms (Season 4, Episode 20).

External links

• The McGuire Sisters sing "Sincerely" and more (30 seconds)

References