Prince promoted the song by lip-syncing it with his band on The Midnight Special and American Bandstand, where he gave host Dick Clark an awkward interview, answering his questions with one-word answers.[4] Prince claimed to be 19 but was 21 at the time. Clark later said, "That was one of the most difficult interviews I've ever conducted, and I've done 10,000 musician interviews."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Be_Your_Lover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Be_Your_Lover
was going to suggest Prince "I Wanna Be Your Lover" but
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
If Will You Love Me Tomorrow is the greatest pop song ever then it's also the best teen pop song written by a teenager.
I think this might win, although Goffin was 21! I had no idea they were so young
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 12 January 2018 23:15 (yesterday) Permalink
this is what immediately came to mind. the best. carole king is the absolute best.
the early / mid 1960s stuff is so so so essential.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY3gr_d8kCg
and this brenda lee cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knrJDz05dcM
― budo jeru, Saturday, 13 January 2018 04:09 (six years ago) link
Jackie DeShannon - Buddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoEH2Yve8w
she wasn't an established songwriter at the time, but I can easily imagine this becoming a hit if she'd pitched it to someone like Brenda Lee or Wanda Jackson. she wrote the underrated Brenda Lee song Funny Feelin a few years later when she was 19.
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Sunday, 14 January 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
How 'bout "Shivers" by Rowland S Howard?
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 14 January 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link