- Young Love (1956 song)
"Young Love" is a popular
song , written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner and published in 1956.The original version was recorded by Ric Cartey and released in 1956 by
RCA Records as catalog number 47-6751. Cartey's version never charted, but better-known versions were released bySonny James ,Tab Hunter (in a version that did even better on the charts) andThe Crew-Cuts .Original single releases
Tab Hunter
The recording by
Tab Hunter was released byDot Records as catalog number 15533. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts onJanuary 19 , 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #1; on the Best Seller chart, at #1; on the Juke Box chart, at #1; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #1. The success of this record ledWarner Bros. , where Hunter was a contract player, to formWarner Bros. Records .onny James
The recording by
Sonny James was released byCapitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts onJanuary 5 , 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #1; on the Best Seller chart, at #2; on the Juke Box chart, at #4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #2. On "Billboard"'s country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James' 23 chart-topping songs on the chart.The flip side of James' version was a song called "You're the Reason I'm In Love." That song was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard country charts in early 1957. In 1971 — 14 years after the original — James re-recorded that song in a faster-tempoed, horn-heavy rendition as "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" (the original slower-tempoed song featured an electric guitar solo); the newly recorded, re-titled version was released as a single and reached No. 1 in June 1972.
The Crew-Cuts
The recording by
The Crew-Cuts was released byMercury Records as catalog number 71022. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts onJanuary 26 , 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #17; on the Juke Box chart, at #17; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #24.Cover versions
In 1964 the song was recorded by
The Rolling Stones , and was issued as a single under the name "Bo and Peep" [http://www.iorr.org/felix/solo.htm]In 1969 a
duet version of the song was made byCountry Music singers Connie Smith andNat Stuckey . Their version reached #20 on the Country Music charts.In 1973 the song was revived by teen hearthrob
Donny Osmond . TheMike Curb andDon Costa produced version became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the UK singles chart, spending four weeks at the top in August 1973.In 1976,
Ray Stevens had a minor country and pop hit with the song.uccession
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