Wednesday, July 2, 2025

My True Story - The Jive Five

My True Story - The Jive Five
2:34
single, 1961
Written by Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer, and Joe Rene

A soulful doo wop story-song about the sadness of unrequited love.  She loves him, he loves another.  "Love will make you happy / And love will make you cry / Love will make the tears fall / When your lover says goodbye."  This is a true story.  Only the names have been changed.  Eugene's heartfelt vocal, backed by the high, fluttering trills of the other Five, makes this song a tearjerker for all who have recently felt the sting of Cupid's mischievous arrow. 
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