Pledge Of Love (1957)

I've been listening to the top 40 hits from 1957 all day. Part of a long-term project I'll probably write about sometime; but for now I have a question that I am simply amazed by.

QUESTION:

Pledge Of Love is such a poor song - how could four different people record it? On top of that, how could all 4 reach the Top 40???? Dick Contino, Johnny Janis, Ken Copeland & Mitchell Torok all hit the charts with Pledge Of Love.

Granted, these are not top names, and I doubt if any of these guys had other hits; but it is still kind of amazing. Would like to know who actually wrote the song.

From Alta Vista I learned some things. The song was written by Ramona Redd, who went on to have some hits by Glen Campbell (Arkansas & Marie) in the 60's. Hank Snow recorded Mysterious Lady From St Martinique. All these songs were apparently co-written by Mitchell Torok. Amazon has two albums for sale that contain one of her songs - one for $160 (Hank Snow) & the other for $100 (Carl Perkins). So, while my opinion is that this is a pretty poor song, it's obvious that someone thinks real highly of this talent. She wrote a film score also, for the Glen Campbell film "Norwood".

Pledge Of Love is so beloved that it's also featured in a play:
http://www.geocities.com/cathyvernham/144.html