[3] Sid Wayne would recall the song's inception: "I was in the habit of going from my home on Long Island every day to Brill Building, in the Times Square area of New York City [to] meet with different songwriters there.

By 4:30 PM that day, Wayne and Edwards had reworked their composition, simplifying it so as to appeal to the teen demographic, and proceeded to make the rounds of publishers to pitch the song which, after one rejection, met with an enthusiastic reception from Jack Gold, owner of the local Paris label.

Sid Wayne: "By Monday the record was cut [with the Billy Mure orchestra], test pressings were Thursday, and by Friday the song was played on WNEW in New York.

"[4] The Tempos' "See You in September" failed to become a hit in the New York City area and despite breaking in San Francisco in June, the single did not reach the national charts until that July.

Despite a subsequent swift ascent on the Billboard Hot 100, the single's momentum fell sharply at the end of August with a resultant No.

3 remake, the Tempos' version of "See You in September" did gain considerable traction in 1973 by virtue of its inclusion on the American Graffiti soundtrack.

The Tempos who sang on the recording were Mike Lazo (top tenor), Jim Drake, Tom Monito, Gene Schachter.

[5] Bob Miranda of the Happenings recalls that he and the other members of the group considered the original version of "See You in September", which was "sort of a slow Cha-Cha—a great song and kind of a bad record.

The song's Herb Bernstein arrangement recalled both the recordings of the Tokens (who owned B. T. Puppy) and the Four Seasons.

In June 1967 the Happenings were invited to participate in the Sanremo Music Festival, where they performed it in Italian as "Aria de settembre".

According to Quotations member Harvey Hersh: "Verve [the group's label] released the record in August which pretty much destroyed any chance of air play.

In 1966, in Hong Kong, this song was recorded by local pop group Teddy Robin and the Playboys on their album Not All Lies!.

Julie Budd also remade it that year, with her version successful enough in Argentina to justify a South American tour in the spring of 1973.

That same year, the Spanish rendering "Te veré en septiembre" was recorded by both Marta Baizán and Kinita.

This commercial was later pulled off the air after real life school cafeteria personnel complained that the advertisement was demeaning to their profession.