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"Chains of Love" | ||||
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Single by Big Joe Turner | ||||
B-side | "After My Laughter Came Tears" | |||
Released | May 1951 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 3:12 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | A. Nugetre, Van Walls | |||
Big Joe Turner singles chronology | ||||
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"Chains Of Love", a 12-bar blues, was written by Doc Pomus (a.k.a. Jerome Solon Felder).
Pomus who sold the copyright to Ahmet Ertegun in 1950 for $50.00 (referencing Doc Pomus and his family).[ citation needed] Since Ertegun owned the copyright from that point forward, he had legal right to claim the song as his own which he did using the pseudonym "A. Nugetre".
The first recording by Big Joe Turner (as Joe Turner) was in 1951, reaching number 2 on the US Billboard R&B chart.. Turner's version was his first success on the Atlantic label established by Ertegun. [1]
Other covers include: