The romantic song featured a doo-woo feel with intimate lyrics, making it the perfect 1950s love ballad. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1959 and also solidified Anka’s status as a teen idol.
The song found new audiences in the 1970s
“Put Your Head on My Shoulder”gained new audiences over the years, sometimes in unexpected ways. In 1975, the song was performed by Anson Williams on the hit sitcom Happy Days. The episode, titled “They Call It Potsie Love,” featured Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) falling hard for Williams’ Potsie Webber after he serenaded her with the love song during a band practice.
“One day, it dawned on me that David Cassidy got a record contract by singing on his show, and The Brady Bunch did, too,” Williams told Milwaukee Talks in an interview. “I thought, ‘I can sing, sort of, I just need to convince [showrunner Garry Marshall] to put me in a band on the show."
The Happy Days band went on to perform multiple times on the show, but the “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” serenade remains the show’s most memorable musical moment.
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The legendary singer-songwriter also ranked the song as one of his favorites from his very prolific catalog.
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