Honey Love (The Drifters song)

"Honey Love"
Side A of US 10-inch (78 RPM) single
Single by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
B-side"Warm Your Heart"[1]
ReleasedMay 1954
GenreRhythm and blues
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Clyde McPhatter / Jerry Wexler
Producer(s)Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
The Drifters singles chronology
"Such a Night"/"Lucille"
(1954)
"Honey Love"
(1954)
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)"
(1954)

"Honey Love" is a 1954 song by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter, written by McPhatter and Jerry Wexler. With influences taken from calypso music, "Honey Love" was the group's third single release, fourth release on the charts and second number one single on the R&B chart.[2]

  1. ^ "THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography". Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 173.