Only you
can make this world seem right
Only you
can make the darkness bright
Only you
and you alone
can thrill me like you do
and fill my heart with love
for only you
Only you
can make this change in me,
for it's true,
you are my destiny
When you hold my hand,
I understand
the magic that you do
You're my dream come true,
my one and only you
Only you can make this change in me,
for it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand,
I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true,
my one and only you
One and only you
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This is one of those songs that would be considered to be before my time, but I've always loved it. After all, true love can only be for that one special person. That one that makes you feel like no other person can. You know what I'm talkin' about. That is if you are a lover… and of course I already know you're a lover, or you wouldn't be on a site for Music "Lovers".
Here are a few facts to go along with the video.
- The Platters formed in Los Angeles in 1953.
- The Platters had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1955 and 1967, including four # 1 hits.
- Only You was Released in the summer of 1955. It became the group's first Top Ten hit on the pop charts and topped the R&B charts for seven weeks.
- The follow-up was "The Great Pretender" and exceeded the success of their debut. It became the Platters' first national #1 hit.
- The lyrics were written by Buck Ram in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
- "The Great Pretender" was also the act's biggest R&B hit with an 11-week run atop that chart.
- In 1956, The Platters appeared in the first major motion picture based around rock and roll, Rock Around the Clock, and performed both "Only You" and "The Great Pretender".
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