Too Young (Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee song)

"Too Young"
Single by Donny Osmond
from the album Too Young
B-side "Love Me"
Released June 10, 1972
Format Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded April 17, 1972
Genre Pop
Length 2:59
Label MGM
Writer(s) Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee
Producer(s) Mike Curb, Don Costa
Donny Osmond singles chronology
"Puppy Love"
(1972)
"Too Young"
(1972)
"Why/Lonely Boy
(1972)

"Too Young" is a popular song. The music was written by Sidney Lippman, the lyrics by Sylvia Dee. The song was published in 1951.

In the United States, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1449. It was a million-selling record and reached the #1 position on the Billboard chart, staying at #1 for 5 weeks and altogether on the Best Seller chart for 29 weeks.[1] Billboard ranked this version as the No. 1 song of 1951.[2] Cole described this song as one of his three favorites among his own songs.[3]

Several contemporary versions were also recorded, making the charts but not as high.

Cover versions

The recording by Patty Andrews was released by Decca Records as catalog number 27569. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on June 8, 1951 and lasted 1 week on the chart, peaking at #30.[1] On other Billboard charts, this version reached as high as #19.[4]

Versions that did not make the top 30 best-seller list, but did chart on other Billboard charts[4] were by Toni Arden (#15, on Columbia), by Fran Allison (#20, on RCA), by Richard Hayes (#24, on Mercury), and by Michael Jackson (on Motown) 1973.

Semprini, piano with rhythm accompaniment recorded it in London on July 7, 1951, as the second song of the medley "Dancing to the piano (No. 7): Part 1. Hit Medley of Slow Foxtrots" along with "Alice in Wonderland" and "Forbidden Love". It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10123.

In the United Kingdom, Jimmy Young had a hit version of the song, also made in 1951. Sam Cooke recorded it for his Hits of the Fifties LP 1960. A version by Donny Osmond became a hit for him, spending eight weeks on the chart with a peak position of #13[4][5] when released as a single (MGM catalog number 14407) in 1972.

Trivia

In Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru, protagonist Watanabe's daughter-in-law is heard humming the tune in a point-of-view scene in which the character is approaching the family home late at night.

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
  2. Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1951
  3. Nat King Cole interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
  4. 1 2 3 Lonergan, David (2004-01-28). Hit Records 1950-1975. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0.
  5. {{cite book 1972 Others recording the song were Dodie Stevens 1960, Jimmie Rodgers, and Johnny Mathis 1972. title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits| last=Whitburn| first=Joel| authorlink=Joel Whitburn| publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications| location=New York| edition=7th Rev.| date=2000-11-01| isbn=978-0-8230-7690-1 }}
Preceded by
On Top of Old Smoky
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart
#1 record

June 9, 1951
Succeeded by
How High the Moon
Preceded by
How High the Moon
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart
#1 record

June 30, 1951August 4, 1951
Succeeded by
Come On-a My House
Preceded by
"How High the Moon" by Les Paul and Mary Ford
U.S. Billboard Best Sellers in Stores number-one single
June 23–July 21, 1951 (Nat King Cole)
Succeeded by
"Come on-a My House" by Rosemary Clooney


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