Dion & The Belmonts – Teenager In Love

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“A Teenager in Love”
Single by Dion and the Belmonts
B-side“I’ve Cried Before”
ReleasedMarch 30, 1959
GenreDoo-wop
Length2:40
LabelLaurie
Songwriter(s)Doc PomusMort Shuman
Dion and the Belmonts singles chronology
“Don’t Pity Me”
(1958)”A Teenager in Love
(1959)”Every Little Thing I Do”
(1959)

A Teenager in Love” is a song written by Doc Pomus and partner Mort Shuman It was originally recorded by Dion and the Belmonts, and was released in March 1959. The song reached #5 on the Billboard pop charts. In May 1959, the three different versions of song held positions in the British Top 20, the other two versions being by Marty Wilde and Craig Douglas. The song is considered one of the greatest in rock and roll history.

The song was covered in 1965 both by Bob Marley and the Wailers and by Lou Christie. It was also covered by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970 in their final show as a recording duo at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York City.

This song was covered several other times, for example by the Fleetwoods

Fleetwoods – A Teenager In Love (Dolton LP 8007) 1961

by Helen Shapiro in 1963

A Teenager in Love HELEN SHAPIRO

by Connie Stevens,

Muppet Songs: Connie Stevens – Teenager in Love

by Sha Na Na in 1969, by 10cc as a one-off single release under alternative band name Rubber Duckie in 1973

Sha Na Na – A Teenager In Love (1969)

 by the Mutations on The Muppet Show in 1976, by Less Than Jake on their 2002 album, Goodbye Blue & White

by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2002 as a B-side to the single By the Way and on their 2012 release

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Teenager In Love (By the Way B-Side)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP,

by the Overtones on their 2013 album Saturday Night at the Movies

The Overtones 'Teenager In Love' Live on The Alan Titchmarsh Show

and by the Regrettes on their 2018 EP Attention Seeker.

https://youtu.be/wK4nkpWWZIw

Instrumental by Dave Monk

Teenager in love – Dion and the Belmonts – instrumental cover by Dave Monk

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