Soul

The most popular version of this pop song, which was written by Harry Noble in 1952, was the version by Mel Carter. The first artist to record it was Karen Chandler in 1962. Carter recorded it in 1965 and it went to #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #2 in Canada. It sold more than one million copies and was awarded an RIAA gold record. Over the years, there have been covers of the song by Connie Francis, Bobby Vinton, She and Him, and Gloria Estefan.

Mel Carter was born in 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied singing with legendary jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott. Carter recorded on Sam Cooke’s SAR record label and had his first hit in 1962 with “When a Boy Falls in Love.” (The song was co-written by Cooke). He has specialized in pop ballads and has charting success also with “Band of Gold,” “You, You, You,” and “(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings.”

Here are the lyrics to “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” by Mel Carter:

Hold me, hold me
Never let me go until you’ve told me, told me
What I want to know and then just hold me, hold me
Make me tell you I’m in love with you

Thrill me (thrill me), thrill me (thrill me)
Walk me down the lane where shadows
Will be (will be) will be (will be)
Hiding lovers just the same as we’ll be, we’ll be
When you make me tell you I love you

They told me be sensible with your new love
Don’t be fooled, thinking this is the last you’ll find
But they never stood in the dark with you, love
When you take me in your arms
And drive me slowly out of my mind

Kiss me (kiss me), kiss me (kiss me)
And when you do, I’ll know that you will
Miss me (miss me), miss me (miss me)
If we ever say, adieu So kiss me, kiss me
Make me tell you I’m in love with you

(Kiss me) kiss me, (kiss me) kiss me
When you do, I’ll know that you will
Miss me (miss me), miss me (miss me)
If we ever say, adieu So kiss me, kiss me
Make me tell you I’m in love with you

(Hold me, thrill me)
Never, never, never let me go
(Never, never, never let me go)
(Hold me, thrill me)
Never, never, never let me go
(Never, never, never let me go)
[Fade]

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