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1961 single by Tony Orlando
"Halfway to Paradise"
Single by Billy Fury
from the album Halfway to Paradise
B-side
"Cross My Heart"
Released
28 April 1961[1]
Recorded
9 April 1961[2]
Studio
Decca Studios, London
Genre
Pop
Length
2:24
Label
Decca
Songwriter(s)
Carole King
Gerry Goffin
Producer(s)
Dick Rowe
Mike Smith
Billy Fury singles chronology
"Don't Worry" (1961)
"Halfway to Paradise" (1961)
"Jealousy" (1961)
"Halfway to Paradise" is a popular song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. In the United States, the song was originally recorded in 1961 by Tony Orlando where it peaked at No. 39 on the Hot 100.[3] In Canada, the song reached No. 3 in the CHUM Charts.[4]
^"Billy Fury gets 208 series" (PDF). Disc. 29 April 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^"Halfway To Paradise". www.nic.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
^Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 632.
^"CHUM Hit Parade - June 5, 1961".
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