Billboard #1 Hits: #39: “I Want To Be Wanted”- Brenda Lee. October 24, 1960. #1 for 1 week. Decca Records. Written by Kim Gannon, Pino Spotti and Alberto Testa. Genre: Pop. Time: 3:05. B-side:”Just A Little.” Grade: C

At the age of 15 -Brenda Lee’s second #1 hit in 1960– “I Want To Be Wanted” was originally an Italian song “Per tutta la vita“- with the English lyrics written by Kim Gannon. The song originally appeared in the Greek romantic comedy “Never On Sunday.”