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Honey Love (The Drifters song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Honey Love'" is a 1954 song by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter. With influences taken from calypso music, "Honey Love" was the group's third single release, fourth release on the charts and second number one single on the R&B chart.
Song Background
Soon after release, the song was targeted by police in Memphis, confiscating copies of the record before they could be loaded into local jukeboxes due to their objection to what they described as 'suggestive lyrics' in the song.
See also
*List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)
References
Category:The Drifters songs
Category:1954 singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Songs written by Jerry Wexler
Category:1954 songs
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