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Biography
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Ric Cartey
Real name: Whaley Thomas Cartey
Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1963
American rockabilly musician and songwriter remembered for co-writing the smash hit Young Love with Carole Joyner.Born in Atlanta, Georgia, 18 January 1937 Died in Palm Harbor, Florida on 5 August 2009 (76 years old).
The song Young Love has charted nine times between 1956 and 1994, hitting #1 three times by Sonny James (US country), Tab Hunter (UK), and Donny Osmond (UK).