 Connie Francis, however, withdrew from the project when the lyrics were presented to her because she thought of them as too "corny".A few weeks later, Francis reconsidered her position and recorded the song nonetheless, but by then Ray Conniff had also recorded a version of his own, reaching #9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in 1966.Conniff's version of the song also topped the "Easy listening" chart in the U.S. for four weeks.