Over the Mountain; Across the Sea
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{{Infobox song
| name = Over the Mountain; Across the Sea
| cover =US_78_Over_The_Mountain_Johnnie_%26_Joe.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Johnnie & Joe
| album =
| B-side = My Baby's Gone, On, On
| released = April 1957
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| studio =
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| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=15}}
| label = Chess
| writer = Rex Garvin
| producer =
| prev_title = It Was There
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = I Was So Lonely
| next_year = 1957
}}
"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" is a song written by Rex Garvin."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1957/Billboard%201957-07-08.pdf Honor Roll of Hits]", Billboard, July 8, 1957. p. 36. Accessed October 21, 2015 The song was a hit for Johnnie & Joe in 1957 and Bobby Vinton in 1963.
Johnnie & Joe version
"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea" was originally released by Johnnie & Joe in 1957. Johnnie & Joe's version reached No. 8 on Billboard{{'}}s "Top 100 Sides" chart,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1957/Billboard%201957-07-22.pdf Top 100 Sides]", Billboard, July 22, 1957. p. 62. Accessed October 21, 2015 No. 3 on Billboard{{'}}s chart of "R&B Best Sellers in Stores","[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1957/Billboard%201957-06-24.pdf R&B Best Sellers in Stores]", Billboard, June 24, 1957. p. 59. Accessed October 21, 2015 and No. 6 on Billboard{{'}}s chart of "Most Played R&B by Jockeys"."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1957/Billboard%201957-06-10.pdf Most Played R&B by Jockeys]", Billboard, June 10, 1957. p. 60. Accessed October 21, 2015
Bobby Vinton version
Bobby Vinton released a cover of the song in 1963. Vinton's version spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 21,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/295525/bobby-vinton/chart?page=3&f=379 Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100], Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015 while reaching No. 8 on Billboard{{'}}s Middle-Road Singles chart,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/295525/bobby-vinton/chart?page=3&f=341 Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary], Billboard.com. Accessed October 21, 2015"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-04-27.pdf Middle-Road Singles]", Billboard, April 27, 1963. p. 40. Accessed October 21, 2015 and No. 2 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630408 |title=CHUM Hit Parade – Week of April 08, 1963 |access-date=2016-01-21 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107224317/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630408 |publisher=CHUM |archive-date=November 7, 2006 }} Chart No. 317.
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Other versions
Skip & Flip released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1962 single "One More Drink for Julie".[http://www.45cat.com/record/nc316206us Skip & Flip, "One More Drink for Julie" single release] Retrieved February 12, 2016.
{{Infobox song
| name = Over the Mountain; Across the Sea
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bobby Vinton
| album = The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups
| B-side = My Baby's Gone, On, On
| released = February 15, 1963
| recorded = 1962
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Easy listening
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=26}}
| label = Epic
| writer = Rex Garvin
| producer =
| prev_title = Let's Kiss and Make Up
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Blue on Blue
| next_year = 1963
}}
In popular culture
The song was briefly played at the ending of La Bamba, just before the radio announced the death of Ritchie Valens.
The Bobby Vinton cover of the song features at the beginning of the 2021 film, Godzilla vs. Kong.
In a Volkswagen commercial, a lighthouse keeper while getting his mail plays the song while driving to and from the mailbox.
References
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Category:Chess Records singles
Category:Songs written by Rex Garvin
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