1962's
Let Me Belong to You is half made up of his versions of songs that were popular for others like "Are You Lonesome Tonight," "I'm Sorry," "Lonely Weekends," "Bye Bye Love" and "All Shook Up." He really doesn't add anything to the originals at all and it makes the album somewhat less successful than its predecessor. The songs that work are those that were written for him by
Gary Geld and
Pete Udell like the dramatic ballads "It Ain't That Way at All," "The Night I Cried" and "Let It Die." The songs are loaded with drama, tension and energy.
Hyland's vocals don't quite reach
Gene Pitney territory; he comes off like
Gene's younger, less histrionic brother, though he almost matches him on "Walk a Lonely Mile". Consider the record half-successful then. In 2004 BGO released the record as part of a two-fer with
Hyland's 1961 album The Bashful Blond. ~ Tim Sendra