This archetypal American high-school teen love song was composed by Gary Geld and lyricist Peter Udell. The duo began their writing partnership in the early sixties and wrote over 100 songs together. One of their first songs was this, which they wrote in 1960 and was a hit for Brian Hyland two years later. Bryan recalls Geld saying the song was "based on, but not totally based on, a Bach finger exercise."
Hyland said in "1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh", "Sealed With A Kiss" was recorded about a year before I did it by , who had a sound like The Brothers Four. It dragged and didn't have any life in it, so it wasn't a hit. I told them we should do it.
This archetypal American high-school teen love song was composed by Gary Geld and lyricist Peter Udell. The duo began their writing partnership in the early sixties and wrote over 100 songs together. One of their first songs was this, which they wrote in 1960 and was a hit for Brian Hyland two years later. Bryan recalls Geld saying the song was "based on, but not totally based on, a Bach finger exercise."
Hyland said in "1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh", "Sealed With A Kiss" was recorded about a year before I did it by [The Four Voices](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=nKGk9qg9A9k), who had a sound like The Brothers Four. It dragged and didn't have any life in it, so it wasn't a hit. I told them we should do it.
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