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Ben Raleigh

 Ben Raleigh (ur. 16 czerwca 1913r, Nowy Jork -zm. 26 lutego 1997r, Hollywood) był amerykańskim autorem tekstów i kompozytorem odpowiedzialnym za wiele  przebojów, w tym „Dungaree Doll”, „Wonderful! Wonderful!”, „Hold on Girl” , „She's a Fool”,  "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser", "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)", “Love is a Hurtin' Thing”, “Tell Laura I Love Her” i "That's How Heartaches Are Made"

Jego piosenki nagrywali tacy artyści jak Eddie Fisher, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Darin, The Monkees, Dinah Shore, Lesley Gore, Ray Peterson i Lou Rawls. „Tell Laura I Love Her” osiągnął 1. miejsce w Wielkiej Brytanii w 1960 roku. „Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)” osiągnął   3. miejsce w Stanach Zjednoczonych w 1946 roku. Raleigh skomponował piosenkę przewodnią "Rango" z Earle'em Hagenem do komedii sytuacyjnej ABC Rango z 1967 roku. 

 Skomponował także piosenkę przewodnią do Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!  z Davidem Mookiem. Hanna-Barbera próbowała go wykupić, ale on odmówił i zamiast tego wybrał tantiemy. Raleigh zginął w pożarze kuchennym w swoim domu w Los Angeles w Kalifornii w 1997 roku.

Kompozycje Bena Raleigha na listach przebojów


[with Bernie Wayne]
03/1940 You Walk By Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra 20.US
01/1941 You Walk By Blue Barron and His Orchestra 19.US
02/1941 You Walk By Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra 6.US
02/1941 You Walk By Kenny Baker 15.US
02/1941 You Walk By Tommy Tucker Time 16.US
03/1941 You Walk By Wayne King and His Orchestra 14.US
04/1946 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) Teddy Walters 4.US
04/1946 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) Dinah Shore 3.US
04/1946 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) The Merry Macs 9.US
05/1946 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) Andy Russell 4.US
05/1946 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye 3.US
08/1949 You're So Understanding Evelyn Knight 21.US

[with Guy Wood]
10/1952 Faith Can Move Mountains Nat King Cole 24.US/10.UK
12/1952 Faith Can Move Mountains Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads 7.UK
01/1953 Faith Can Move Mountains Jimmy Young 11.UK

[with Sherman Edwards]
12/1955 Dungaree Doll Eddie Fisher 7.US
03/1956 Rock Right Georgia Gibbs 36.US
02/1957 Wonderful! Wonderful! Johnny Mathis 14.US
07/1957 Wonderful Wonderful Gary Miller 129.UK
08/1957 Wonderful Wonderful Ronnie Hilton 27.UK
08/1963 Wonderful! Wonderful! The Tymes 7.US

[with Don Wolf]
12/1957 Majesty of Love Connie Francis & Marvin Rainwater 93.US
04/1958 Let's Be Lovers The Playmates 87.US
08/1958 The Right to Love David Whitfield 30.UK
10/1958 Love Is All We Need Tommy Edwards 15.US
06/1959 Mary Ann Thomas Bobby Freeman 90.US
05/1960 Exclusively Yours Carl Dobkins Jr. 62.US
06/1960 How Do You Know It's Love Teresa Brewer 21.UK
06/1961 Exclusively Yours Mark Wynter 32.UK
08/1963 Flipped Over You Paul & Paula 108.US
07/1964 Love Is All We Need Vic Dana 53.US
01/1966 Love Is All We Need Mel Carter 50.US

[with Jeff Barry]
06/1960 Tell Laura I Love Her Ray Peterson 7.US
08/1960 Tell Laura I Love Her Ricky Valance 1.UK
09/1960 Tell Tommy I Miss Him Marilyn Michaels 110.US
06/1974 Tell Laura I Love Her Johnny T. Angel 94.US

[with Mark Barkan]
09/1962 Hercules Frankie Vaughan 42.UK
09/1963 She's a Fool Lesley Gore 5.US
01/1964 Do You Really Love Me Too? Billy Fury 13.UK
03/1964 That's the Way Boys Are Lesley Gore 12.US
05/1964 I Don't Wanna Be a Loser Lesley Gore 37.US
05/1965 Bring a Little Sunshine (To My Heart) Vic Dana 66.US

[with Artie Wayne]
02/1963 Queen for Tonight Helen Shapiro 33.UK
06/1963 Here's Where I Came In (Here's Where I Walk Out) Aretha Franklin 125.US
11/1963 Midnight Mary Joey Powers 10.US

[with Bob Halley]
03/1963 That's How Heartaches Are Made Baby Washington 40.US
11/1969 That's How Heartaches Are Made The Marvelettes 97.US
02/1974 That's How Heartaches Are Made Jerry Butler 58.R&B Chart
12/1994 That's How Heartaches Are Made Paul Young 118.UK

[with Claus Ogerman]
10/1963 Your Other Love Connie Francis 28.US

[with John Gluck]
02/1964 Blue Winter Connie Francis 24.US

[with Dave Linden]
09/1966 Love Is a Hurtin' Thing Lou Rawls 13.US

[with H. B. Barnum]
11/1966 You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches Lou Rawls 55.US

[with Lou Rawls, David Axelrod]
03/1967 Dead End Street Monologue/Dead End Street Lou Rawls 29.US

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