Young Love

From Wikipedia:

“Young Love” is a popular song, written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner, and published in 1956. The original version was recorded by Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones on November 24, 1956. 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.

The song became a hit several times over the years with well known cover versions released by Sonny James, Tab Hunter (in a version that went to number one in 1957), the Crew-Cuts, and Donny Osmond who scored a number one hit on the UK Singles chart in 1973. […]

Mary Hopkin covered “Young Love” on her 1969 album “Post Card” produced by Paul McCartney.

This is the old Tab Hunter hit. We used the Mike Cotton band for this, and we tried for a nice up-tempo sort of sound. We sort of just sat there in the studio and worked ideas out — they were mainly Paul’s, as usual.

The voices on the refrain belong to the Londen Welsh Choir. I like rocking-type songs like this, but sometimes I don’t think it comes off, because I can never think of myself as being pop. Probably a pop winger would have a lot more punch in it. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to sing screamy songs myself. I think it was the first number we did.

Mary Hopkin – From New Musical Express, February 22, 1969

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• A Stereo version
• A1 Mono version
• A2010 2010 remaster

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“Young Love” has been played in 1 soundchecks.