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Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Lonely Teardrops
Released: 1959

Lonely Teardrops Lyrics

My heart is crying, crying Lonely Teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

My heart is crying, crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you-ou-ou wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Just give me a-a-a-nother chance for our romance
Come on and tell me that one day you'll retu-you-urn
Cause every day that you've been gone away
You'll know-a my heart does nothing but bu-you-urn

Crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Say it right now, baby (say you will)
Come on, come on (say you will)
Say it, darlin' (say you will)
Say it right now, baby (say you will)

Writer/s: GORDY, BERRY JR/FUQUA, GWENDOLYN GORDY/CARLO, TYRAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Lonely Teardrops

This was written by the Detroit songwriting team who wrote Wilson's first several hits - the duo of Tyran Carlo (the pen name of Wilson's cousin Roquel Davis) and a pre-Motown Berry Gordy Jr. They co-wrote eight other songs for Wilson. At the time, Gordy was a struggling songwriter, but this song - his first Top-10 hit as a songwriter - gave him the confidence to rent a building in Detroit and start the Tamla label, which would become Motown.

Many artists have covered this, including Jose Feliciano, teen idol pop singer Brian Hyland and Michael Jackson.

This was one of the 9 songs on which Berry Gordy, Jr. used the royalties to open up the Hitsville USA Studios, which soon became the home of the Motown artists.

This was a #1 R&B hit and Wilson's first song to reach the Top 10 on the US pop charts. It become one of his signature songs. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for above 2)

In September 1975, while performing at the Latin Casino in New Jersey, Wilson collapsed from a heart attack and a stroke right in the middle of this song. He never recovered and remained in a coma for eight more years; he was hospitalized until his death on January 21, 1984 (age 49). In tragic irony, the last words he sung before collapsing were "My heart is crying." The audience at first thought that his fall was part of the act and they started applauding and cheering. It became evident that something was wrong when about half a minute later, he hadn't moved. The excitement instantly turned into confusion and shock as attempts to revive Jackie on the stage were to no avail. (thanks, Denny - Pittsburgh, PA)

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Greatest Hits Of Jackie Wilson
Released: 1957

Reet Petite Lyrics

Well, lookabell, lookabell, lookabell, lookabell
Oooooh Weeeeee
Lookabell,lookabell,lookabell
OoooooWeeee

Oh, Ah,Oh,Ah, Oh wee
Well, she's so fine, fine, fine,
She's so fine fa fine
She's so fine,
She's so fine, fine, fine
She's really sweet the finest girl you ever want to meet

Oh,oh,oh,oh
Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh
Rrrrrrrr Reet Petite, the finest girl you ever want to meet

Well, have you ever seen a girl for whom your soul you'd give
For whom you'd fight for, die for, pray to God you'd lie for
She's so fine, she's so fine, she's really sweet the finest girl
You ever want to meet

Well, she really thrills me so
From her head to toe,
I want the world to know,
I love her,love her so
She's alright,she's alright,
She's alrighty.
You know to me it has to be at night

Oh,oh,oh,oh, oh,oh,oh,oh
Rrrr Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Oh

Well, she's like honey from a bees
And like bees from a tree,I love her,need her,
She bez' so buzzin'

She's alright, she's got what it takes
She's got what it takes and to me she really rates
Well, Oh now she's my cutey, my tuttu fruitt,
My heart, my love,my bathin' beauty she's alright, she's
Got just what it takes, she's got what it takes and to
Me she a- really rates

Oh oh oh oh,
Oh oh oh oh
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet
Rrr
Reet Petite the finest girl you ever want to meet

Writer/s: GORDY, BERRY / CARLO, TYRAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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Reet Petite Song Chart

This was written by Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo (Roquel "Billy" Davis). The royalties from this song (and two hits by Marv Johnson) enabled Gordy to borrow the money needed to start up Motown Records.

This was the first chart single for Wilson, a native of Detroit. He had been in the group The Dominoes, but this was his first release as a solo artist.

The title comes from a Louis Jordan movie with an all-black cast called Reet, Petite, and Gone.

In 1986, this was re-released in the UK and rocketed to #1 after millions of Britons saw a Miller beer commercial featuring a plasticine-animated Jackie Wilson singing this song.

Van Morrison wrote and recorded a song called "Jackie Wilson Said," which was covered by Dexys Midnight Runners . The first line in that song is: "Well, Jackie Wilson said, it was Reet Petite..."

In British slang, "Reet" means "Righteous."

This song holds the record for taking the longest time to reach #1 in the UK. Released in 1957, it finally topped the charts in 1986. (thanks, Ray - Nuneaton, United Kingdom)