 On the 78rpm version (Combo 64-A), the songwriting was credited to G. Forest and Porter (as V. Haver), with no credit given to Levy, however the 45rpm version (Combo 45 64-A) credited Forrest (as F. Wilson), Porter, and Levy as the songwriters.The song was copyrighted to Wilson, Porter, and Levy and the Meridian Music Corporation on January 10, 1955, and reviewed positively in "The Billboard" magazine on January 15, 1955.Played by influential pioneer rock and roll disc jockey Alan Freed on his program on 1010 WINS from New York City, this version of the song "hit it big in New York and Chicago very quickly", as well as in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Los Angeles by mid-January 1955.