Born Whaley Thomas Cartey, 18 January 1937, Atlanta, Georgia
Died 5 August 2009, Palm Harbor, Florida The recently deceased Ric Cartey made some good rockabilly recordings, but first and foremost he will be remembered as the co-writer of "Young Love". Few songs have charted in so many different versions. Alongside the chart-topping renditions of Sonny James and Tab Hunter, there were hit versions by The Crew Cuts (# 17, 1957), Lesley Gore (# 50, 1966), Connie Smith & Nat Stuckey (# 20 country, 1969), Donny Osmond (# 25, 1973) and Ray Stevens (# 93, 1976).

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