- Tears on My Pillow
Infobox Single
Name = Tears on My Pillow
Artist =Little Anthony & the Imperials
Released = 1958
Format = 7" single
Genre =Doo wop
Length = 2:19
Label = End
1027
Writer = Sylvester Bradford
Al Lewis
Last single =
This single = "Tears on My Pillow"
(1958)
Next single = "The Glory of Love"
(1958)Infobox Single
Name = Tears on My Pillow
Artist =Kylie Minogue
Released =January 8 ,1990
Format = 12" single
7" single
CD single
Cassette single
Genre = Pop Ballad
Length = 2:19
Label =PWL
Writer = Sylvester BradfordAl Lewis
Producer =Stock Aitken Waterman
Last single = "Never Too Late"
(1989)
This single = "Tears on My Pillow"
(1990)
Next single = "Better the Devil You Know "
(1990):"A different song entitled "Tears on My Pillow" was a #1 British hit forJohnny Nash in 1975. Another different song entitled "Tears on My Pillow" was co-written and performed byGene Autry in 1941.""Tears on My Pillow" is a
doo wop song, written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in1958 (see1958 in music ). The composition was first recorded byLittle Anthony & the Imperials onEnd Records , and was that group's debut recording under that name. Although it remains one of the Imperials'signature song s, "Tears on My Pillow" has been extensively covered, including a number-one version byKylie Minogue in1989 (see1989 in music ).Original version
Early copies of the single were credited simply to "The Imperials", a group which had previously been known as "The Duponts" and "The Chesters".
Brooklyn, New York deejay Alan Freed gave the group's lead singer, Anthony Gourdine, top billing while introducing the single over the air, and the moniker of "Little Anthony & the Imperials" stuck."Tears on My Pillow" was a #4 hit single in the
United States , with itsb-side , "Two People in the World", becoming a hit as well. Selling over a million copies, "Tears on My Pillow" was the most successful single of the Imperials' doo wop period. Its success would be matched only by the Imperials' 1964 single "Goin' Out of My Head ".Covers
A cover of "Tears on My Pillow" by
Sha Na Na was featured on thesoundtrack to "Grease". In 1986,New Edition released aMotown -covers album "Under the Blue Moon" that included a cover of "Tears on My Pillow." In theNew Edition version, Little Anthony Gourdine himself appeared as a guest vocalist."Tears on My Pillow" reached #1 in the
United Kingdom whenAustralian singerKylie Minogue released it as a single from her second album, "Enjoy Yourself". The single was released in November 1989 inAustralia , and onJanuary 8 ,1990 inEurope . Minogue's cover was also included on the soundtrack of the film "The Delinquents", which she also starred in. The song was the #1 single on theUK Singles Chart for one week in January 1990, and reached #35 inCanada . The B-side, "We Know the Meaning of Love", reached #1 in its own right inSweden ."Tears on My Pillow" has also been covered by
Chuck Jackson ,Bobby Vee ,Lou Christie ,Martha and the Vandellas ,Bobby Vinton ,Johnny Tillotson ,Neil Sedaka ,Reba McEntire ,Jodeci ,Clem Snide ,S Club 8 ,Lorrie Morgan ,Derrick Morgan with Lyn Tait & The Jets,Neils Children , and [http://www.discogs.com/release/1126200 The Parker Project] .The song was also used in season one episode seven of
Sliders entitled "The Weaker Sex," which originally aired as episode six. The characterRembrandt Brown (played by Cleavant Derricks) sings the song repeatedly on the street in an effort to raise money for a motel room.Charts (Kylie Minogue version)
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