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Written by Mort Shuman, also My Baby (Janis Joplin), Get It While You Can (Janis Joplin) and Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley)
Released on Laurie Records, also Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying (Gerry and the Pacemakers), How Do You Do It? (Gerry and the Pacemakers) and I Like It (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Part of Wish Upon a Star With Dion and The Belmonts, also In the Still of the Night, Every Little Thing I Do and My Day
Written by Doc Pomus, also Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley), Young Blood (The Coasters) and Surrender (Elvis Presley)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mort Shuman wrote 73 songs on fono
Doc Pomus wrote 59 songs on fono
Doc Pomus’s most frequent co-writer is Mort Shuman (41 songs together)
Credits
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- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Released on
- Laurie Records
- Written by
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Released on
- Laurie Records
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Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: Laurie Records
Same release: Wish Upon a Star With Dion and The Belmonts
Same writer: Mort Shuman
Same writer: Doc Pomus
Same label: Laurie Records
Same release: Wish Upon a Star With Dion and The Belmonts
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1MusicBrainz My Private Joy was written by Doc Pomus
2MusicBrainz My Private Joy was written by Mort Shuman
My Private Joy was written by Mort Shuman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz My Private Joy is part of the release Wish Upon a Star With Dion and The Belmonts
My Private Joy is part of the release Wish Upon a Star With Dion and The Belmonts
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Laurie Records is the label of the song My Private Joy
Laurie Records is the label of the song My Private Joy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz My Private Joy was released on 1960-06