"Born Too Late" is a song written by

Charles Strouse Charles Louis Strouse (June 7, 1928 – May 15, 2025) was an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to the Broadway musicals ''Bye Bye Birdie'', ''Applause (musical), Applause'', and ''Annie (musical), Annie''. Backgrou ...

and Fred Tobias and performed by The Poni-Tails. In the UK, the song reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #11 on the

R&B chart The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...

in 1958. The song was arranged by O.B. Masingill.

In media

The song was used in the 1973 movie, '' That'll Be the Day''.''That'll Be The Day'' Soundtrack
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References

1958 songs 1958 singles Songs written by Fred Tobias Songs written for films ABC Records singles Songs with music by Charles Strouse {{1950s-single-stub