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"Tears on My Pillow" | ||||
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![]() The label for the U.S. 78 RPM single | ||||
Single by Little Anthony and the Imperials | ||||
from the album We Are the Imperials Featuring Little Anthony | ||||
B-side | "Two People in the World" | |||
Released | August 1958 | |||
Genre | Doo-wop | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | End | |||
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Little Anthony and the Imperials singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"Tears on My Pillow" on YouTube |
"Tears on My Pillow" is a doo-wop song written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4, No. 3 in Canada,[1] and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side, "Two People in the World," also becoming a major hit. Although it remains one of the Imperials' signature songs, "Tears on My Pillow" has been extensively covered, including a No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart version by Kylie Minogue in January 1990.[2]