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"(You've Got) The Magic Touch" is a song written by Buck Ram,[1] and performed by The Platters. It reached #4 on both the U.S. pop chart and the U.S. R&B chart in 1956.[2]

"(You've Got) The Magic Touch"
Single by The Platters
B-side	"Winner Take All"
Released	February 20, 1956
Recorded	February 14, 1956
Studio	Mercury Sound Studio, New York City
Genre	R&B
Length	2:22
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Buck Ram
The Platters singles chronology
"I Need You All the Time" (1955) "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" (1956) "My Prayer" (1956)

The song was ranked #36 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1956.[3]

Other versions

• The song was sampled in the 1956 novelty song "The Flying Saucer" by Bill Buchanan and Dickie Goodman.
• Buck Ram and His Orchestra released a version on their 1959 EP The Magic Touch.[4]
• Billy Walker released a version as a single in 1977, but it did not chart.[5]

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