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Tears on My Pillow

original song written and composed by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis; originally recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials
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Tears on My Pillow

Summary

Tears on My Pillow is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tears on My Pillow's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Tears on My Pillow's composer is recorded as Sylvester Bradford[4].
  • Tears on My Pillow's composer is recorded as Al Lewis[5].
  • Tears on My Pillow's genre is doo-wop[6].
  • Among the performers on Tears on My Pillow was Little Anthony and the Imperials[7].
  • Tears on My Pillow is part of Enjoy Yourself[8].
  • Tears on My Pillow's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Tears on My Pillow was released on 1958[10].
  • Tears on My Pillow's lyricist is recorded as Sylvester Bradford[11].
  • Tears on My Pillow's lyricist is recorded as Al Lewis[12].
  • Tears on My Pillow's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tears on My Pillow'}[13].
  • Tears on My Pillow's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 484e9685-614c-4d44-ba5c-c42bd9a808a3[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Tears on My Pillow was Little Anthony and the Imperials[7].

Publication

Tears on My Pillow was released on 1958[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is doo-wop[6]. It is part of Enjoy Yourself[8].

Why It Matters

Tears on My Pillow ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Little Anthony and the Imperials
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701782026, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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