Australian singles charts:
Love Letters in the Sand entered the Kent charts on 3 August 1957 and peaked at #1. The song was #3 on the Top 100 of 1957.
Songwriters:
J. Fred Coots, Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny
Producer:
Billy Vaughn
Record label of Australian release:
London
Pat Boone sings the song in the 1957 film Bernadine:
Songfacts:
Love Letters in the Sand finds Pat Boone heartbroken over an unfaithful girlfriend as he remembers how they used to write each other love letters in the sand. That same year, he landed his first movie role in the comedy Bernardine, which featured the lovelorn tune along with the title hit.
In 1931, the song was recorded separately by Gene Austin, Lee Morse, and American dance band Ted Black and His Orchestra, with “Vocal refrain by Tom Brown” It was written by J. Fred Coots, who wrote the melody for Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and lyricists Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/pat-boone/love-letters-in-the-sand
Lyrics:
On a day like today
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand
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