Valley of Tears (song)

"Valley of Tears"
Single by Fats Domino
from the album This is Fats
B-sideIt's You I Love"
ReleasedApril 1957 (1957-04)
RecordedMarch 7, 1957
GenreNew Orleans R&B
Length1:56
LabelImperial
Songwriter(s)Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino singles chronology
"I'm Walkin'"
(1957)
"Valley of Tears"
(1957)
"When I See You"
(1957)

"Valley of Tears" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew and performed by Fats Domino.[1] In April 1957, it was released as single by Imperial Records and reached No. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart and No. 8 on its broader Hot 100.[1][2] The single's B-side, "It's You I Love", reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1957.[1][2] Both songs are included on his 1957 album This is Fats.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Hannusch, Jeff; Block, Adam (1991). Antoine "Fats" Domino: "They Call Me the Fat Man..." (Box set booklet). Fats Domino. Hollywood, California: Imperial Records/EMI USA. pp. 26, 48, 77. E2-96784.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Fats Domino". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 123. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.