Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson
“Tell Laura I Love Her”, a teenage tragedy song written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh, was an American Top Ten popular music hit for singer Ray Peterson in 1960 on RCA Victor Records, reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is a tragic story of a teenage boy named Tommy who is desperately in love with a girl named Laura. Although they are only teenagers, he wants to marry her, so he enters a stock car race, hoping to win, and use the prize money to buy Laura a wedding ring. What did you think of this memorable song? Please tell us in the comment section below and remember to sign up for our free newsletter.
March 1, 2016 @ 6:49 pm
What a sad but beautiful song. When “going parking” was the
“Thing” back when that was a good “make-out” tune….really
put your date in a romantic mind-set!!! ???
March 7, 2017 @ 2:13 pm
love this song a very oldie but still pretty
October 2, 2018 @ 6:17 pm
1 of the very 1st ‘tear jerker’ songs of our time…