Sweet September

1965 single by The Lettermen

"Sweet September"

Single by The Lettermen

from the album More Hit Sounds of The Lettermen

B-side

"I Believe"

Released

1965

Label

Capitol

Songwriter(s)

Bill McGuffie, Phyllis Kasha, Stanley Mills

The Lettermen singles chronology

"Secretly"
(1965)

"Sweet September"
(1965)

"You'll Be Needin' Me"
(1966)

"Sweet September" is a song written by Bill McGuffie, Phyllis L. Kasha, and Stanley Mills. The song was first released as a single by Artie Butler in 1963.^[1]

Other versions

Pete Jolly (for his 1963 album Pete Jolly Trio and Friends),^[2]
Freda Payne (for her 1964 album After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!). Payne's version was also released as a single on the Impulse Records label, but it failed to garner much success.
The Lettermen (for their 1966 album More Hit Sounds of The Lettermen),^[3] In 1965, this version was a hit on the Easy Listening chart when released as a single, peaking at #24.^[4]
Howard Roberts (for his 1966 album Whatever's Fair!)
Joe Pass (for his 1965 album A Sign of the Times)
Sylvia Syms.

References

^ "Search Results for 'sweet september' | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
^ Pete Jolly Trio and Friends at AllMusic. Retrieved 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC).
^ Sweet September at AllMusic. Retrieved 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC).
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 144.