(If You Cry) True Love, True Love

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"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love"
Single by The Drifters
from the album The Drifters' Greatest Hits
B-side"Dance with Me"
ReleasedSeptember 18, 1959
GenreR&B
Length2:17
LabelAtlantic
2040
Songwriter(s)Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
Producer(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Drifters singles chronology
"There Goes My Baby"
(1959) 		"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love"
(1959) 		"This Magic Moment"
(1960)

"(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and performed by The Drifters.[1] In 1959, the track reached No. 5 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 33 on the U.S. pop chart.[2]

It was featured on their 1960 album, The Drifters' Greatest Hits.[3]

Other versions[edit]

  • The Mudlarks released a version as the B-side to their 1959 single "Tennessee".[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Drifters, "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" Single Release Retrieved May 14, 2023
  2. ^ The Drifters, "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love" Chart Positions Retrieved May 14, 2023
  3. ^ The Drifters, The Drifters' Greatest Hits Retrieved May 14, 2023
  4. ^ The Mudlarks, "Tennessee" Single Release Retrieved May 14, 2023


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