A Brief History of “Solitaire”

“And Solitaire’s the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down.”

In setting out to chronicle the thirty-eight year history of the song, “Solitaire,” I thought it best to keep the chatter down to a minimum and just let the cover recordings tell the story. Missing from the play list is the Johnny Mathis version, which I have never heard and which seems to be missing from all the digital collections of Mathis’ material. I’ve tried to keep the play list in chronological order but placed the Neil Sedaka version ahead of Andy Williams, because I felt the original should take precedence.