Lonely Teardrops

Album: Lonely Teardrops (1959)
Charted: 7
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  • (Shoo bee doo bop, bop, bow)
    (Shoo bee doo bop, bop, bow)
    (Shoo bee doo bop, bop, bow)

    My heart is crying, crying
    Lonely teardrops
    My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
    Come home, come home
    Just say you will, say you will
    (Say you will) say you will (say you will)
    Hey, hey (say you will)
    My heart is crying, crying

    Lonely teardrops
    My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
    Come home, come home
    Just say you will, say you will
    (Say you will) say you will (say you will)
    Hey, hey (say you will)

    Just give me another chance for our romance
    Come on and tell me that one day you'll return
    'Cause, every day that you've been gone away
    You know my heart does nothing but burn, crying

    Lonely teardrops
    My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
    Come home, come home
    Just say you will, say you will
    (Say you will) say you will (say you will)
    Hey, hey (say you will)
    Say it right now, baby
    (Say you will) come on, come on
    (Say you will) say that you
    Say it right now, baby
    (Say you will) come on, come on
    (Say you will) hey come on Writer/s: Berry Jr Gordy, Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua, Tyran Carlo
    Publisher: ONErpm, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 11

  • Mr. Steve from Eastern N.c.Been doing karaoke for 20 years and this song is my best song. People go nuts over it because I do it exactly like Jackie did; high notes and all.
    I was so saddened to hear about Jackie having a stroke in 1975, and how he was in a care facility for eight years as people fought over his money.
    A truly tragic ending for a very, very talented artist.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 7th 1971, Brian Hyland's covered version of "Lonely Teardrops" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and six weeks later on March 21st, 1971 it peaked at #54 {for 1 weeks} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100 and it was also his 22nd and last record on the Top 100...
    Between 1960 and 1971 he had twenty-two Top 100 records; three made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Bikini" for one week in 1960, it was also his debut record on Top 100...
    His other two Top 10 records both peaked at #3; "Sealed with a Kiss" in 1962 and "Gypsy Woman" in 1970.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 4th 1960, Jackie Wilson performed a medley of "To Be Loved", "Lonely Teardrops" and "Alone At Last" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    Exactly two years earlier on December 4th, 1958 "Lonely Teardrops" was at #42 on Billboard's Top 100 chart; and on February 9th, 1959 it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} and spent 21 weeks on the chart...
    And at the time of this appearance on the 'Sullivan' show, his “Alone At Last" was at #8 on the Top 100, it was also its peaked position on the chart...
    "To Be Loved" reached #22 in 1958.
  • Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, CaGod, what an awesome singer and performance on this record...what does one do for an encore? stand on his head and stack bb's? lolol
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyA truly great artist; Jackie charted in duets with three different artists during the 1960s. Once with LaVern Baker {1966}, twice with Count Basie {1968}, and two more times with Linda Hopkins {1962 & 1963}!!!
  • John from Eugene, OrBerry Gordy Jr. also helped write "Money" which was recorded by Barret Strong (1960) and then it was covered by some inconsequential group called the Beatles, Ha! Thank you, boys!
    Jackie Wilson was a favorite of, and dearly loved by, Dick Clark, of American Bandstand fame.
    Jackie recorded for Brunswick and many of the same guys who played regularly on Motown liked to moonlight for Jackie. Listen to the recordings and you can hear the similar sound of the instruments; especially on another huge Jackie Wilson hit called, "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher. Songfact that song to see what they say about that one.
    Also, Check out "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", a righteous DVD featuring interviews with the last of the Motown guys who are still standing.
    By the way, if you want to hear another great rendition of "Lonely Teardrops" then check out "The New York Rock and Soul Revue (Live at the Beacon) " on Giant records. Michael McDonald, of Doobie Bros. fame, does an amazing cover of this classic tune.
  • Brady from Niagara Falls, NyThank You.... Just went to you tube to hear the best version of Danny Boy. Roy Orbison's was great but Jackie Wilson's the very best
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPerformed by Bruce Springstten on his 'Tunnel Of Love' tour on April 5th, 1988; he also performed it a couple of more times during the tour...
  • Farrah from Elon, NcMy favorite Jackie Wilson song. May he rest in peace.
  • Ekristheh from Halath, United StatesThe late Lane Smith, playing Perry White in "Lois and Clark, the New Adventures of Superman", did a wonderfully soused version of this in a night club surrounded by exotic Middle Eastern dancers, and explained Jackie Wilson's dramatic collapse on stage and his wife's devotion.
  • Scott from Columbus, OhIf you ever wanna impress people at a Karaoke bar...just learn to immitate Jackie WIlson and pull this out as part of your arsenal...I literally had people screaming the night I did this....MAN! What a feeling!!
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