One Way Love (Bert Berns song)

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"One Way Love" is a song written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy under their pseudonyms Bert Russell and Norman Meade. [1] It was first a single for the Drifters, who reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their version. [2]

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Background

Cash Box described the Drifters' version as "a pulsating, thump-a-beat cha cha opus...that the boys knock out in their very commercial manner." [3]

Cover versions

References

  1. Bruce Eder. "Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 258.
  3. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 11, 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.[ dead link ]
  4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 54. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  5. Martin Charles Strong The Essential Rock Discography, Canongate Books, 4 October 2006, p.302, ISBN   978-1841959856
  6. Martin Charles Strong The Essential Rock Discography, Canongate Books, 4 October 2006, p.302, ISBN   978-1841959856