Twilight Time

Album: Flying Platters (1958)
Charted: 3 1
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  • Teacher, teacher
    There's so much I'm longin' to know
    'Cause my heart has been all aglow
    From the moment we met
    Teacher, make me, make me
    Make me the teacher's pet

    Teacher, teacher
    Educate me with a caress
    Teach me nothin' less than a lesson
    I'll never forget
    Teacher, make me, make me
    Make me the teacher's pet

    I read more in your lovin' eyes
    Than in any book from the shelf
    I don't have to tell you
    You're in a class by yourself

    Kiss me, kiss me
    After that, please kiss me again
    Show me all that special attention
    You'll never regret
    'Cause I'll do my home work diligently
    Till we're both at least a hundred and three
    Teacher, hold me, kiss me
    Make me the teacher's pet

    I read more in your lovin' eyes
    Than in any book from the shelf
    I don't have to tell you
    You're in a class all by yourself

    Kiss me, kiss me
    After that, please kiss me again
    Show me all that special attention
    You'll never regret
    'Cause I'll do my home work diligently
    Till we're both at least a hundred and three
    Teacher, hold me, kiss me
    Make me the teacher's pet!!

    Show me that you love me
    Oh, teacher, make me your pet!! Writer/s: Al Nevins, Artie Dunn, Buck Ram, Morty Nevins
    Publisher: Unison Rights S.L.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Mariaaggie from TexasDidn’t Bugs Bunny tap dance to this song? I remember being a child, I was familiar and fond of this song, but it was way past it being a regular rotation on radio in the 70s. My Mom had a record of The Platters and I thought this was such an elegant romantic song. The Platters were so majestic ..,and that voice.
  • Moanin' Lisa from Chillicothe Mo.This is a very cool love song. What imagery! I learned about this huge hit thru my Dad's record collections from the 50s & 60s. He was a huge Platters & Elvis fan. About ten years ago, I saw one version of The Plattters on a PBS golden oldies concert with stars of the 50s & 60s. All of those Platters members were new. I don't know if they still perform. I seem to recall a big lawsuit over the rights to the name between a few other groups called The Platters too. Never heard of the results of the lawsuit. The original group was a real phenomenon in music.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 15th 1958, the Platters performed "Twilight Time" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    Two months earlier on April 1st it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; and on April 15th it peaked at #1 (for 1 week)on Billboard's Best Sellers chart and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on April 22nd it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's R&B Best Selling Singles chart...
    Between 1955 and 1967 the quartet had forty Top 100 records; seven made the Top 10 with four reaching #1; their other #1s were "The Great Pretender" for 2 weeks in 1956, "My Prayer" for 5 weeks in 1956, and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" for 3 weeks in 1959...
    Bass singer Herb Reed, the last surviving member of the group, passed away on June 4th, 2012 at the age of 83...
    May all five R.I.P.
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