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"(You've Got) The Magic Touch"
"(You've Got) The Magic Touch"
Single by The Platters
B-side	"Winner Take All"
Released	February 20, 1956
Recorded	February 14, 1956
Studio	Mercury Sound Studio, New York City
Genre	R&B
Length	2:22
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Buck Ram
The Platters singles chronology

"(You've Got) The Magic Touch" is a song written by Buck Ram,^[1] and performed by The Platters. It reached #4 on both the U.S. pop chart and the U.S. R&B chart in 1956.^[2]

The song was ranked #36 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1956.^[3]

Other versions

The song was sampled in the 1956 novelty song "The Flying Saucer" by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman.
Buck Ram and His Orchestra released a version on their 1959 EP The Magic Touch.^[4]
Billy Walker released a version as a single in 1977, but it did not chart.^[5]

^ "Cover versions of (You've Got) The Magic Touch by The Platters". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ "The Platters, "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "1956's Top Popular Records" Billboard January 26, 1957: p. 60
^ "Buck Ram and His Orchestra, The Magic Touch EP Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Billy Walker, "The Magic Touch" EP Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

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