50+ Music5d ago
"Tears on My Pillow" is a #doowop song written by Sylvester Bradford and #AlLewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by #LittleAnthonyAndTheImperials on #EndRecords and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a #Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4 and No. 3 in #Canada, and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjQ3M_v7xc
Little Anthony "Tears on My Pillow"

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. January 02, 1960. This clip was re-posted by request. Corrected audio level and no gray bar at the bottom.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDFeb 3
Best known as #GrandpaMunster on #TheMunsters, Jewish actor #AlLewis was a lifelong #socialist and #DirectAction radical during the #GreatDepression. He died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2006, aged 82, never losing his commitment to the cause even as the US moved ever further right.
50+ MusicJan 26
"Tears on My Pillow" is a #doowop song written by Sylvester Bradford and #AlLewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by #LittleAnthonyAndTheImperials on #EndRecords and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a #Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4 and No. 3 in #Canada, and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjQ3M_v7xc
Little Anthony "Tears on My Pillow"

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. January 02, 1960. This clip was re-posted by request. Corrected audio level and no gray bar at the bottom.

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50+ MusicNov 29
"Tears on My Pillow" is a #doowop song written by Sylvester Bradford and #AlLewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by #LittleAnthonyAndTheImperials on #EndRecords and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a #Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4 and No. 3 in #Canada, and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33hBl5HIi0
Tears On My Pillow

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50+ MusicOct 14
"Tears on My Pillow" is a #doowop song written by Sylvester Bradford and #AlLewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by #LittleAnthonyAndTheImperials on #EndRecords and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a #Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4, No. 3 in #Canada, and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33hBl5HIi0
Tears On My Pillow

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50+ MusicSep 1, 2025
"Tears on My Pillow" is a #doowop song written by Sylvester Bradford and #AlLewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by #LittleAnthonyAndTheImperials on #EndRecords and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a #Billboard top-10 hit, peaking at No. 4, No. 3 in Canada, and was the Imperials' first million-seller. It was also a two-sided hit, with its flip side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33hBl5HIi0
Tears On My Pillow

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Will McKinleyMay 1, 2023

"When I do my final curtain call, I hope it’s when I’m making somebody laugh.”

#AlLewis (1923-2006) would have been 100 today.

#BornOnThisDay #TheMunsters #ClassicTV

CineRequiem.comApr 30, 2023

Remembering Abraham Meister, a.k.a. #AlLewis (1923-2006), the American television, theatre and film actor, born in Manhattan #OnThisDay, 100 years ago. Best known for his comic roles opposite Fred Gwynne in NBC's #Car54WhereAreYou? (1961-63) and as Count Sam Dracula (Grandpa) in CBS' enduring #TheMunsters (1964-66) and its spinoffs. Other appearances included pivotaI Italian gothic #IVampiri (1957), #NightGallery (1971), #TheNightStrangler (1973) and #MyGrandpaIsAVampire (1992).

#CultTV #BOTD

R. D.Mar 8, 2023
I met Al Lewis (Grandpa from "The Munsters") a few years before he passed. I asked him to sign my hand puppet. He said it "it looked like a Grandpa condom" - NAUGHTY AL!
#popculture #autographed #autograph #Munsters #AlLewis #60s #nostalgia #nostalgic #vintage