"Teacher, Teacher" is a 1958 song by Johnny Mathis, with words by Al Stillman and music by Robert Allen.[1] As a double-A sided single along with "All the Time", it peaked at No. 21 on the US Most Played by Jockeys chart in The Billboard,[2] and No. 27 in the UK.[3] It was an early example of the teacher crush genre,[4] with the lyrics "Teacher, teacher.... make me the teacher's pet".[5] The song was included on the album More Johnny's Greatest Hits the next year.
^Steve Sullivan Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3 p291
^Whitman, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles (12 ed.). Record Research. p. 628. ISBN978-0898201802.
^Joseph Murrells The Book of Golden Discs - 1978 p 105 'Teacher, Teacher' by Al Stillman and Robert Allen (1957)
^Roy Fisher, Ann Harris, Christine Jarvis Education in Popular Culture: Telling Tales on Teachers and Learners2008 1134320647 "A relatively early example was Johnny Mathis' hit 'Teacher, Teacher' (1958); another is Elton John's 'Teacher I Need You' (1973). "
^B. Lee Cooper Popular Music Perspectives: Ideas, Themes, and Patterns p 50 1991 0879725052 "During the 1950s Johnny Mathis and others crooned Al Stillman's "Teacher, Teacher," praying "Make me the teacher's pet" (1958), while The DeCastro Sisters asked, "Should the teacher stand so near, my love?" in "Teach Me Tonight" (1954)."
