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The Clovers. The Clovers are an American rhythm and blues / doo-wop vocal group who became one of the biggest selling acts of the 1950s. [1] They had a top 30 US hit in 1959 with the Leiber and Stoller song "Love Potion No. 9".
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).
History. "One Mint Julep" was recorded on the Atlantic Records label in New York City on December 19, 1951, and released in March 1952. It was one of the first "drinking songs" to become a hit and one of the first to feature a tenor saxophone solo. It was an important step in the history of Ahmet Ertegun and Atlantic Records in its quest to ...
The song describes a man seeking help to find love. He enlists the help of a Romani person who determines, by means of palmistry, that he needs "love potion number nine".". The potion, an aphrodisiac, causes him to fall in love with everything he sees, kissing whatever is in front of him, eventually kissing a policeman on the street corner, who reacts by breaking his bottle of love pot
Liberty's most successful signing of the early 1960s was Bobby Vee, picking up "Suzie Baby", a single he recorded with the Shadows for Soma.He covered the Clovers' 1955 doo-wop ballad [14] "Devil or Angel" in mid-1960 and later that year recorded Gene Pitney's "Rubber Ball", which made him an international star.
Ting-A-Ling is also the culinary term for crushed candy cane. "Ting-A-Ling". Song by The Clovers. Songwriter (s) Ahmet Ertegun. " Ting-A-Ling " is a 1952 song by The Clovers. "Ting-A-Ling" was The Clovers' final number one on the Billboard R&B chart; [1] however, the group continued its chart success throughout the 1950s.
The Clovers singles chronology. "Don't You Know I Love You". (1951) " Fool, Fool, Fool ". (1951) "One Mint Julep". (1952) " Fool, Fool, Fool " is a 1951 song by The Clovers. The single was their second number one on the R&B chart and their most successful song on that chart, spending six weeks at the number-one position.
Lee Morris. Arthur Prysock singles chronology. " Blue Velvet " (1951) " (It's No) Sin " (1951) " Blue Velvet " is a popular song written and composed in 1950 by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. A top 20 hit for Tony Bennett in its original 1951 version, the song has since been re-recorded many times, with a 1963 version by Bobby Vinton reaching No. 1.