Versions that did not make the top 30 best-seller list, but did chart on various other Billboard charts were by Toni Arden ( Columbia, number 15 on Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys), by Fran Allison ( RCA, number 20 on Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys), and by Richard Hayes ( Mercury, number 24). On other Billboard charts, this version reached as high as number 19 on the Most-played Jukebox Records chart. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on Jand lasted one week on the chart, peaking at number 30. The recording by Patty Andrews was released by Decca Records as catalog number 27569. Several versions contemporary to Nat King Cole's version were recorded, some making the US charts but not as high. The success of the song may have convinced record executives that young people had the buying power, which would lead to the boom of rock and roll music that catered to a young audience in the mid-50s. Cole described this song as one of his three favorites among his own songs. It was a million-selling record and Billboard ranked this version as the number one best-selling song of 1951. It also spent an unprecedented 12 weeks on top of Your Hit Parade, and 8 weeks at No. It reached the number one position on the Billboard chart in June 1951, staying there for five weeks and altogether on the Best Seller chart for 29 weeks. The song was recorded on February 6, 1951, and released by Capitol Records (catalog number 1449) in March. However, it was the version recorded by Nat King Cole that proved to be most successful.
In the United States, among the earliest versions were those recorded by Victor Young and His Orchestra, and Johnny Desmond. "Too Young" was one of the early attempts by record labels to release songs with a young musical persona that might appeal to a young audience.
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