Title: Young Love Artist: Sonny James Publisher: Hill and Range Songs Inc. Copyright/Release Date: 1956 Condition: Very Good Comments: "Young Love" is a popular song, written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner, and published in 1956. The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records. It first reached the Billboard chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Country Western Best Seller chart, also at No. 1; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2. On Billboard's country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James's 23 chart-topping songs on the chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 8 song of the year for 1957.