Young Love (1956 song)
1956 popular song written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Young Love" is a popular song, written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner,[1] and published in 1956. The original version was recorded by Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones on November 24, 1956. Joyner (later Carole Joyner Gourley) was a high school student when she co-wrote the song with Cartey, her boyfriend at the time.[2] It was released in 1956 by Stars Records as catalog number 539 and one month later by RCA Records as catalog number 47-6751. Cartey's version never charted.[3]
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"Young Love" | |
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Single by Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones | |
B-side | "Oooh-Eeee" |
Released | 1956 (1956) |
Recorded | 1956 in Atlanta, Georgia |
Genre | Country |
Length | 2:28 |
Label | Stars, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) RCA Victor (rest of the United States) |
Songwriter(s) | Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner |
The song became a hit several times over the years with three near-simultaneous versions released by Sonny James, Tab Hunter, and the Crew-Cuts in 1957,[1] and was later covered with hit versions by Lesley Gore in 1965 and Donny Osmond in 1973. The recordings by James, Hunter and Osmond were all number-one hits: James's on the country and radio airplay charts, Hunter's on the Billboard Hot 100, and Osmond's on the UK Singles Chart.