Lovey Dovey

"Lovey Dovey"
Single by The Clovers
A-side"Little Mama"
Released1954
GenreR&B
Length2:54
LabelAtlantic Records 45-1022
Songwriter(s)Memphis Edward Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun
The Clovers singles chronology
"Comin' On"
(1953)
"Lovey Dovey"
(1954)
"Little Mama"
(1954)
Official audio
"Lovey Dovey" on YouTube
"Lovey Dovey"
Single by Buddy Knox
B-side"I Got You"
ReleasedNovember 1960
Recorded1960
GenreRock and roll
Length2:11
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Memphis Edward Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun
Buddy Knox singles chronology
"Long Lonely Nights"
(1960)
"Lovey Dovey"
(1960)
"Ling, Ting, Tong"
(1961)

"Lovey Dovey" is a popular American rhythm and blues song originating in the 1950s and written by Eddie Curtis and Ahmet Ertegun, with the latter usually credited using his songwriter's pseudonym "Nugetre" (Ertegun spelled backwards). The song's initial recording by The Clovers remains the best known version, reaching No. 2 for five weeks on the R&B charts in 1954.