True Love Ways

This article is about a song associated with Buddy Holly. For True Love Waits, see True Love Waits (disambiguation).
"True Love Ways"
Single by Buddy Holly
from the album The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2
B-side "That Makes It Tough"
Released June 29, 1960 (1960-06-29)
Recorded October 21, 1958, Pythian Temple studio, New York City
Genre Pop
Length 2:47
Label Coral 9-62210
Writer(s) Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
Buddy Holly singles chronology
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
(1959)		 "True Love Ways"
(1960)		 "Reminiscing"
(1962)

"True Love Ways" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and recorded with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra in October 1958, four months before the singer's death. Some argue that this song is the most played "first song" at weddings. It was first released on the posthumous album The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2 (Coral 57326/757326), in March 1960. The song was a hit in Britain in 1960, reaching number 25 on the pop singles chart.[1]

In the extended version of the song, in the first ten seconds Holly can be heard preparing to sing. The audio starts with audio saying "Yeah, we're rolling." A piano player and a tenor saxophone player play some notes, and Holly mutters, "Okay," and clears his throat. The producer yells, "Quiet, boys!" to everyone else in the room, and at the end of the talkback, the producer says, "Pitch, Ernie", to signal the piano player to give Holly his starting note, a B-flat.

Along with "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" and "Raining in My Heart", this song was recorded at Holly's last recording session before his death on February 3, 1959.

The session took place at the Pythian Temple on October 21, 1958.[2] The musicians were Al Caiola (guitar); Sanford Block (bass); Ernie Hayes (piano); Doris Johnson (harp); Abraham Richman (saxophone); Clifford Leeman (drums); Sylvan Shulman, Leo Kruczek, Leonard Posner, Irving Spice, Ray Free, Herbert Bourne, Julius Held and Paul Winter (violins); David Schwartz and Howard Kay (violas); and Maurice Brown and Maurice Bialkin (cellos).

Holly wrote "True Love Ways" for his wife, Maria Elena Holly, as a wedding gift. On April 29, 2011, she unveiled the never-before-seen "True Love Ways" photo of their wedding kiss, now displayed at P.J. Clarke's above Table 53, the table where they became engaged while on their first date, on June 20, 1958.[3]

Single releases

Mickey Gilley version

"True Love Ways"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album That's All That Matters to Me
B-side "That's All That Matters to Me"
Released 1980
Genre Country
Length 2:54
Label Epic
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"A Little Gettin' Used To"
(1979)		 "True Love Ways"
(1980)		 "Stand by Me"
(1980)

Mickey Gilley, country singer, released a successful cover version in 1980 (during the height of his popularity). Gilley's version reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in July 1980.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 66
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Preceded by
"You Win Again"
by Charley Pride		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
July 19, 1980 		Succeeded by
"Bar Room Buddies"
by Merle Haggard and Clint Eastwood
Preceded by
"Clyde"
by Waylon Jennings		 RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
August 16, 1980 		Succeeded by
"Wayfaring Stranger"
by Emmylou Harris

Cliff Richard version

"True Love Ways"
Single by Cliff Richard with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
from the album Dressed for the Occasion
B-side "Galadriel"
Released April 1983
Recorded 23 November 1982
Genre Pop
Length 3:10
Label EMI
Producer(s) Cliff Richard, Richard Hewson
Cliff Richard with the London Philharmonic Orchestra singles chronology
"She Means Nothing to Me"
(1983)		 "True Love Ways"
(1983)		 "Drifting"
(1983)

British pop singer Cliff Richard released his cover as the lead single from his Dressed for the Occasion album in April 1983. The recording is of a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1982 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Richard's version reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart and was a hit in several other countries.[6]

Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 8
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 35
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 41
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 45

Other notable versions

1960 UK sheet music cover, Southern Music Ltd., London.

References

  1. ↑ "Buddy Holly Singles in the UK". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ The Pythian Temple Sessions. superoldies.com.
  3. ↑ "True Love Ways Unveiled – Buddy Holly's Great Music, Great Romance » Listen to Me". True Great Original. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. ↑ .True Love Ways. Buddy Holly. 45cat.com.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 551.
  6. ↑ Lewry, Peter; Nigel, Goodall (2004). Dressed for the Occasion (CD Digital Remaster) (Liner notes). Cliff Richard. EMI.
  7. ↑ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard with The London Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard with The London Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Cliff Richard with The London Philharmonic Orchestra – True Love Ways". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Original versions of True Love Ways by Jackson Browne". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  14. ↑ "Cover version of True Love Ways by Peter and Gordon". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  15. ↑ Metcalfe, John (2010-09-23). "Creepy Egyptian Cheese Ads Explain Geopolitics - The Wire". Theatlanticwire.com. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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