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"Ivory Tower" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. Popular versions by Cathy Carr and Gale Storm, and a rhythm & blues version by Otis Williams all received major popularity in 1956.

Recorded versions

• Cathy Carr (1956) went to number 2 on the Top 100. Overseas, her version achieved number 2 on the Australian chart.
• Hank Locklin
• Gale Storm (1956) went to number 6 on the Billboard pop charts
• Porter Wagoner
• Otis Williams and the Charms (1956) reached number 5 on Billboard's R&B chart and number 11 on the pop chart.
• Connie Francis
• Compare a song recorded by Eileen Rodgers in 1956 called "Unwanted Heart", written by Ray Conniff, and released on 4 June, as Columbia catalogue 40708, which is uncannily similar.

References

1. "Cover versions of Ivory Tower by Jack Fulton". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 107.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 114.

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