The Girl With The Golden Braids

( The ) Girl With The Golden Braids

Music by Eddie Snyder

with lyrics by Stanley J. Kahan, 1957

Roncom Music Company

Arranged by Joe Reisman

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Time 2:08

Recorded April 09, 1957 ~ Matrix No. H2PB 3372 Take 9

Reference release: RCA-H2PW-3372

Reference Flip Side: "Dancin'"

Unreleased - label graphic

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-6904

Single Flip Side: "My Little Baby"

US Chart Position No. 13

UK Single release: RCA-78RPM-1001 ( June 1957 )

Single Flip Side: "My Little Baby"

Album issue: RCA-ITALIANA 45RPM EP "The Girl with the Golden Braids" ITV- A72V-0142 MONO 1957

Album issue: CAM-LP12 "You Are Never Far Away" CAS-2201 ELECTRONIC STEREO 1968

Album issue: RCA-JAPAN-LP12 "Collector's Items" RJL-2023-24 MONO 1982

The Girl with the Golden Braids ~ Italian EP

Notes: ~ Other popular songs by Eddie Snyder include "Games the Lovers Play," "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet ( A Time For Us )," Al Martino's "Spanish Eyes," Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," and Ed Ames' "When the Snow is On the Roses," and with Paul Vance he co-wrote Johnny Mathis' "What Will My Mary Say?" plus Mr. Como's 1967 recording "Somebody Makes It So" which was the flip side to the single release of "The Father of Girls."