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The Clapping Song is an American song, written by Lincoln Chase, originally arranged by Charles Calello and recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965. [citation needed]The single sold over a million copies, and peaked at number eight in the United States [1] and number six in the UK.
In August 2020, "The Clapping Song" was used in a TV commercial for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0, and in April 2021 her "I See It, I Like It, I Want It" was in another Samsung commercial, this time for the Galaxy Z Flip 5G and Galaxy Z Fold2. In 2021, "The Clapping Song" was used in the movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Lincoln R. Chase (June 29, 1926 – October 6, 1980) was an American songwriter and occasional recording artist. As a writer, his most notable songs were "Such a Night", "Jim Dandy", and several of Shirley Ellis' hits in the early 1960s including "The Name Game" and "The Clapping Song".
"The Clapping Song" Aaron Carter Lincoln Chase L. Kent J. McCarthy Aaron's Party (Come Get It) 2000 "The Kid in You" Aaron Carter Andy Goldmark Oh Aaron: 2001 "Through My Own Eyes" Aaron Carter with Kayla Hinkle Liberty's Kids: 2002 "To All the Girls" Aaron Carter Rich Cronin Ken Gioia Another Earthquake! 2002 "When It Comes to You" Aaron Carter
Zadora's cover of the Shirley Ellis hit "The Clapping Song", recorded for the film score of The Lonely Lady in 1983, reached the U.S. top 40 (her only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100), and in 1984 she had a hit duet with Jermaine Jackson titled "When the Rain Begins to Fall" from the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens.
The Belle Stars is the only studio album by the all-female band of the same name released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).The band's eponymous debut album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. [2]
Clapping hand. A clap is the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals. Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often quickly and repeatedly to express appreciation or approval (see applause), but also in rhythm as a form of body percussion to match the sounds in music, dance, chants, hand games, and clapping games.
"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis [2] as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. [3] She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold,