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"Cool Jerk" is a 1966 rhythm and blues [1] song written by Donald Storball and originally performed by the Capitols. It became a hit song in the United States and Canada.
Both albums were somewhat of a commercial and critical failure, though Dance the Cool Jerk did spend one week in the Billboard 200 at number 95 in July 1966. The group released eight additional singles after "Cool Jerk", only two of which made the Billboard charts , getting no higher than number 65, relegating the group to one-hit wonder status.
Various Funk Brothers also appeared on such non-Motown hits as The San Remo Golden Strings "Hungry For Love", "Cool Jerk" (the Capitols), "Agent Double-O Soul" (Edwin Starr, before that singer joined Motown itself), "(I Just Wanna) Testify" by the Parliaments, "Band Of Gold" (Freda Payne), "Give Me Just a Little More Time" (The Chairmen of the ...
The album contains a cover of the track "Trains and Boats and Planes", originally released as a hit single in 1965 by American pianist Burt Bacharach, [9] as well as a cover of the 1966 track "Cool Jerk" by The Capitols. [10] On the duet track "What About You and Me", guest vocals were provided by singer, musician and songwriter Eric Martin. [11]
Frederick Jay Rubin (/ ˈ r uː b ɪ n /, ROO-bin; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer.He is a co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.
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Dobie Gray released "Monkey Jerk" as the B-side to his 1965 single "My Baby". The Capitols performed a 1966 hit song called "Cool Jerk", written to capitalize on the dance's popularity. The song has been covered by several bands, including the Go-Go's. Rocket from the Crypt recorded the song "When in Rome, Do the Jerk" in 1998 as a homage to ...
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band was a British rhythm and blues and modern jazz group, with influence from rock and roll that was formed in England by Zoot Money, in the early autumn of 1961.