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Released on London Records, also Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones), The Girl Can’t Help It (Little Richard) and You Can’t Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, also Wouldn’t It Be Nice (The Beach Boys), I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (The Beach Boys) and I Can See for Miles (The Who)
Part of The Birds and the Bees, also The Birds and the Bees, Sukiyaki (My First Lonely Night) and The Vegetable Love Song
Written by Herb Newman, also The Wayward Wind (Gogi Grant), So This Is Love and Around the Corner (From My House)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
92 other songs on fono were recorded at Gold Star Studios, by Buffalo Springfield and Eddie Cochran and others
Herb Newman wrote 3 of Jewel Akens’s top 9 songs
Herb Newman first appears on fono in 1956, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Herb Newman
- Performed by
- Jewel Akens
- Part of
- The Birds and the Bees
- Recorded at
- Gold Star Studios
- Released on
- London Records
- Written by
- Herb Newman
- Performed by
- Jewel Akens
- Part of
- The Birds and the Bees
- Recorded at
- Gold Star Studios
- Released on
- London Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Herb Newman
Same label: London Records
Same studio: Gold Star Studios
Same release: The Birds and the Bees
Same writer: Herb Newman
Same label: London Records
Same studio: Gold Star Studios
Same release: The Birds and the Bees
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz It's the Only Way to Fly was performed by Jewel Akens
It's the Only Way to Fly was performed by Jewel Akens
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz It's the Only Way to Fly was written by Herb Newman
It's the Only Way to Fly was written by Herb Newman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz It's the Only Way to Fly is part of the release The Birds and the Bees
It's the Only Way to Fly is part of the release The Birds and the Bees
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz It's the Only Way to Fly was recorded at Gold Star Studios
It's the Only Way to Fly was recorded at Gold Star Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz London Records is the label of the song It's the Only Way to Fly
London Records is the label of the song It's the Only Way to Fly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz It's the Only Way to Fly was released on 1965
It's the Only Way to Fly was released on 1965
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026