Lonely Teardrops : Rolling Stone

Written by: Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo
Produced by: Dick Jacobs
Released: Nov. '58 on Brunswick
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 7

One of the first hits written by Motown founder Gordy, "Lonely Teardrops" set Wilson's pleading vocals over Latin rhythms. At a New Jersey casino in September 1975, Wilson collapsed from a heart attack onstage, in the middle of singing "Lonely Teardrops" -- right at the line "My heart is crying." He sank into a coma and died in 1984.

Appears on: The Greatest Hits of Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)

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