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| "Young Love" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones | |
| B-side | "Oooh-Eeee" |
| Released | 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 |
"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]
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.
- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Carole Joyner Gourley, 59, who wrote the…". The Baltimore Sun. December 16, 1997. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Young Love". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved January 8, 2023.