"Lonely Teardrops" by Jackie Wilson is a major hit.

"Lonely Teardrops"' "upbeat arrangement was designed to exploit one of the latest dance fads... called the cha-lypso, a kind of cha-cha done to a modified calypso beat".

A version of "Lonely Teardrops" performed by Michael McDonald that features in the film is not included.

According to Jackie Wilson, "Lonely Teardrops" was originally written and recorded as a blues ballad.

The most notable of these was "Lonely Teardrops", written by Davis, Gordy, and Gordy's sister Gwen, who was Davis's girlfriend at the time.

Benson and the other members already knew Barrett Strong, as he had written songs with Davis for Jackie Wilson including "Lonely Teardrops".

"Lonely Teardrops" is a song recorded and released as a single in 1958 by R&B singer Jackie Wilson on the Brunswick label.

He was in the middle of singing "Lonely Teardrops" when he suffered a heart attack, during the middle of the line "My heart is crying."

He went on to chart just two more Top 40 hits, "Gypsy Woman" written by Curtis Mayfield, and a cover of "Lonely Teardrops" in 1971.

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1959)