Young Love (1956 song)

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"Young Love"
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

UK Singles Chart
.

Sonny James version

The recording by American country singer

No. 8 song of the year for 1957
.

The recording was produced by Ken Nelson and was recorded October 30, 1956, at Bradley Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The vocal backing was provided by Harlan Powell, one of James's band members at the time, Gordon Stoker and one other individual. The

Jordanaires
backed Sonny James on several songs in the late 1950s and on a few of his songs when he returned to Capitol in 1963, but it was the vocal sounds of The Southern Gentlemen, who joined him in August 1964, that provided his vocal background thru 1971.

The flip side of James's version of "Young Love" was a song called "You're the Reason I'm in Love." That song was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard country charts in early 1957. In 1971, 14 years after the original, James re-recorded that song in a faster-tempoed, horn-heavy rendition as "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" (the original slower-tempoed song featured an electric guitar solo); the newly recorded, re-titled version was released as a single and reached No. 1 in June 1972.

In the book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry, James' version of this song is mentioned to have been frequently played on the radio at the Spahn Ranch. It was also a term of endearment used by Charles Manson in reference to his female followers.[4]

In 2020, this version was featured in the Netflix psychological thriller film, The Devil All the Time.

Tab Hunter version

The recording by American actor and singer

Warner Bros. Records
.

The Crew-Cuts version

The recording by the Canadian vocal group The Crew-Cuts was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 71022. It first reached the Billboard chart on January 26, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 17; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 17; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 24.

Lesley Gore version

American pop star Lesley Gore recorded a version of "Young Love" for Mercury Records in late 1965. Her rendition was released on her sixth studio album. Lesley Gore Sings All About Love, in January 1966. In March of that year, after the album's first two singles failed to make the top 50, Gore's recording was released as the third and final outing from the album as catalog number 72553. The single first entered the Billboard chart on March 26, 1966, and eventually peaked at #50. Gore's version also reached a peak of #24 in Australia, and #43 in Canada. The song was Lesley Gore's biggest commercial success for 1966, and she would not have another chart hit until February 1967 with "California Nights".

Chart (1966) Peak

position

Australia (Kent Music Report) 24
Canada RPM Top Singles 43
US Billboard Hot 100 50
US Cash Box Top 100 57

Donny Osmond version

"Young Love"
Carole Joyner
Producer(s)Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd
Donny Osmond singles chronology
"The Twelfth of Never"
(1973) 		"Young Love"
(1973) 		""
Are You Lonesome Tonight
"
(1973)

In 1973, the song was revived by American

UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at the top in August 1973,[5] and #4 on the Canadian RPM Magazine Top 100.[6]

Chart history

Other versions

  • In 1969 a duet version of the song was made by country music singers Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey. Their version reached No. 20 on the Country Music charts.
  • In 1976, Ray Stevens charted with the song, reaching No. 48 on Billboard's country chart and No. 93 on the pop chart.
  • In 1993, Twister Alley covered the song on their self-titled album, and released it as a single. It peaked at No. 70 on the US Country singles chart.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-250-7
    .
  2. ^ "Carole Joyner Gourley, 59, who wrote the…". The Baltimore Sun. December 16, 1997. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Young Love". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Helter Skelter". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^
    ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  6. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-08-25. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  7. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Young Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  9. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Donny Osmond - Young Love". Top40.nl. Retrieved 29 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. ^ "australian-charts.com - Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  12. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (December 26, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada.
  13. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1973". Top40.nl. Retrieved 29 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Top Selling Singles for 1973". Sounds. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 4. 5 January 1974.
  15. ISBN 0-89820-142-X
    .

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