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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Ric Cartey wrote "Young Love," a song Sonny James brought to the top of Billboard's pop and country charts in 1956 -- an impressive feat made all the more impressive because Tab Hunter had a competing version chasing its heels, one that also went into the upper regions of the charts in 1957. "Young Love" may have turned into a standard -- Donny Osmond brought it back to the charts in a bubbegum version in 1973 -- but Cartey never charted on a national basis, so his career as a recording artist in the late '50s and early '60s languished until Bear Family released Oooh-Eee! The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring the Jiv-A-Tones...Plus in 2017.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Ric Cartey wrote "Young Love," a song Sonny James brought to the top of Billboard's pop and country charts in 1956 -- an impressive feat made all the more impressive because Tab Hunter had a competing version chasing its heels, one that also went into the upper regions of the charts in 1957. "Young Love" may have turned into a standard -- Donny Osmond brought it back to the charts in a bubbegum version in 1973 -- but Cartey never charted on a national basis, so his career as a recording artist in the late '50s and early '60s languished until Bear Family released Oooh-Eee! The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring the Jiv-A-Tones...Plus in 2017.