“We Belong Collectively” was a 1958 American rhythm and blues hit written and recorded by Robert & Johnny, with a co-writing credit score to Hy Weiss. It reached #12 on the R&B charts and #32 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.
The music was later recorded by a number of others. The Fleetwoods launched a model on their 1959 album, Mr. Blue.
A rendition by Ritchie Valens was launched in 1959 on the Del-Fi document label and could be discovered on a number of of his albums. It’s additionally featured in a scene from the 1987 hit movie about Valens, La Bamba by which the music was sung by Los Lobos.
The Belmonts launched a remake on the Laurie label, Laurie 3080, in 1961, after that they had cut up with Dion. It was not a success, however was later reissued on a collector’s label due to its musical worth.
In 1961, Jimmy Mullins, referred to as Jimmy Velvit,[1] recorded it within the Dallas, Texas space. It was issued in January, 1962 on M-G-M’s Cub Data label (K9105). It attracted numerous consideration and air-play and have become the #1 music on the Dallas radio station, KLIF, for a interval of six weeks.
A unique singer, Jimmy Tennant, utilizing the identify Jimmy Velvet, had a #75 hit with the music on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in 1964.[2] Tennant had initially recorded and launched the music on his personal Velvet label (co-owned with Ray Curran) in April, 1963 (Velvet 201-63), utilizing the identical identify Mullins was utilizing, Jimmy Velvit. That very same subject was briefly re-issued in August, 1963 on the Cortland label’s Witch Data subsidiary (#115) in an effort to take the Velvet Data launch to a nationwide degree. Tennant used one other music from the session, “I’m Gonna Strive” because the flip facet of each releases, the identical music the sooner Jimmy Velvit (Jimmy Mullins) had used on his 1962 Cub model. That music had been written by Mullins. The hit launch (as by Jimmy Velvet) on ABC-Paramount 10488 used “Historical past Of Love” (recorded on the identical April session) because the flip facet, which was first issued by November, 1963. Supply