The Platters
The song held strong in the number 1 position on the U.S. R &amp; B charts for seven weeks, and hit number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. It remained there for 30 weeks, beating out a rival cover version by The Hilltoppers. When the Platters track, "The Great Pretender" (which eventually surpassed the success of "Only You"), was released in the UK as Europe's first introduction to The Platters, "Only You" was included on the flipside. In the 1956 film "Rock Around the Clock", The Platters participated with both songs, "Only You" and "The Great Pretender".