Tell Laura I Love Her - wikipedia Tell Laura I Love Her `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' Single by Ray Peterson from the album Tell Laura I Love Her B - side `` Wedding Day '' Released 1960 Genre Pop Length 2 : 50 Label RCA Victor Songwriter ( s ) Jeff Barry, Ben Raleigh Producer ( s ) Hugo & Luigi Ray Peterson singles chronology `` Goodnight My Love ( Pleasant Dreams ) '' ( 1959 ) `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' ( 1960 ) `` Answer Me '' ( 1960 ) `` Goodnight My Love ( Pleasant Dreams ) '' ( 1959 ) `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' ( 1960 ) `` Answer Me '' ( 1960 ) `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' Single by Ricky Valance B - side `` Once Upon a Time '' Released 1960 Genre Pop Label Columbia / EMI Songwriter ( s ) Jeff Barry, Ben Raleigh Producer ( s ) Frank Barber `` 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. Later that same year, the song was recorded and released by Ricky Valance in the United Kingdom, where it went all the way to the # 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart. `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies. `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' is the 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. The second verse tells how the boy 's car overturned and burst into flames -- though no - one knows how it happened. Tommy is fatally injured and his last words are `` Tell Laura I love her... My love for her will never die. '' In the final verse, Laura prays inside the chapel, where she can still hear Tommy 's voice intoning the title one more time, before it fades out. Recording history The lyrics of `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' originally concerned a rodeo, not an automobile race, as composer Jeff Barry was an aficionado of cowboy culture. However, at RCA 's instigation Barry rewrote the song, in order to more closely resemble the # 1 hit `` Teen Angel ''. The personnel on the original recording included Al Chernet, Charles Macy and Sebastian Mure on guitar, Lloyd Trotman on bass, Andrew Ackers on organ, Bob Burns on sax and Bunny Shawker on drums. Decca Records in England decided not to release Ray Peterson 's 1960 recording on the grounds that it was `` too tasteless and vulgar '' and destroyed about twenty thousand copies that had already been pressed. A cover version by Ricky Valance, released by EMI on the Columbia label, was No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. In 1962, Smash Records released an album, The Tale of Patches by Dickey Lee, that included Lee 's version of `` Tell Laura I Love Her ''. Another version of the song was recorded by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers for their album, Last Kiss, which was released on the Josie Records label in 1964. The song was also recorded by singer Ricky Nelson. John Leyton attended a singing audition with producer Joe Meek and subsequently recorded the song, which was released on the Top Rank label. At that time, however, Top Rank was undergoing a takeover by EMI, which had already released Ricky Valance 's version of the same song. The John Leyton recording was withdrawn from sale. A decade later, Johnny T. Angel 's recording on Bell Records peaked at No. 94 on June 8, 1974 ( US ). Tell Laura was one of 50s revival group Sha Na Na 's most popular and beloved numbers, both in concert and on record, with lead vocals by group tenor Johnny Contardo. The Swedish band the Boppers also released a version on their album Number 1 ( 1978 ). German rock band Rudolf Rock & die Schocker sang their version `` Sag ' Laura, ich liebe sie ''. Mexican artist César Costa recorded a version in Spanish titled `` La Historia de Tommy ''. Also there is a version of Chilean singer Ray Palaviccino. Italian artist Michele recorded a version in italian titled `` Dite a Laura che l'amo '' ( 1966 ) The story of the song was adapted for stage and turned into Tell Laura I Love Her ( The Musical ) in 2007 by Richard C Hague. Answer song versions Later on an album named The Answer To Everything - Girl Answer Songs Of The ' 60 'S, an answer song, `` Tell Tommy I Miss Him, '' was performed by Marilyn Michaels. It was originally released by RCA Victor Records on a single as catalog number 47 - 7771. In 1961, country singer Skeeter Davis released the same song on her album Here 's The Answer. The British singer, Laura Lee with Orchestra directed by Johnny Keating, also recorded a version. It was released by Triumph Records on a single in the UK as catalog number RGM 1030 in August 1960. References Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart UK Top 100 - 5 April 2014 ''. Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` BBC Wales - Music - Ricky Valance ''. Bbc.co.uk. 2009 - 07 - 08. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her ''. 45cat.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017. Jump up ^ Rice, Jo ( 1982 ). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed. ). Enfield, Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7. Jump up ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13087 Jump up ^ `` Boppers ''. Boppers.se. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 03. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 04. Jump up ^ `` '' Tell Laura I Love Her `` ( The Musical ) Had Its Premier Production on July 1 - 4 July 2009 at the Guildhall Theatre, Derby. Flickr - Photo Sharing ! ''. Flickr. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 04. Preceded by `` Apache '' by the Shadows UK number one single ( Ricky Valance 's version ) 29 September 1960 ( 3 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Only the Lonely '' by Roy Orbison Ray Peterson Singles `` The Wonder of You '' `` Goodnight My Love ( Pleasant Dreams ) '' `` Tell Laura I Love Her '' `` Answer Me '' `` Corrine, Corrina '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tell_Laura_I_Love_Her&oldid=820878496 '' Categories : 1960 singles 1960 songs 1960s ballads Pop ballads Songs with lyrics by Ben Raleigh Songs written by Jeff Barry Teenage tragedy songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Vehicle wreck ballads Columbia Graphophone Company singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Norsk Português Suomi 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 17 January 2018, at 03 : 57. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who sings the song tell laura i love her
Answer: Ray Peterson