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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. 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 ...
"Cool Jerk" The Capitols: 7 July 2 4 June 25 "Paperback Writer" The Beatles: 1 June 25 5 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Dusty Springfield: 4 July 16 5 "Sweet Talking Guy" The Chiffons: 10 June 25 1 July 2 "Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells: 1 July 16 6 July 9 "Wild Thing" The Troggs: 1 July 30 8 "Along Comes Mary" The Association ...
The Capitols' version of "Hello Stranger" was also issued in the UK as the B-side of "Cool Jerk" three times: in 1966, 1969 and 1971 (the last two reissues credited to the Three Caps) with the single falling short of the charts each time. In 1985, Carrie Lucas' remake of "Hello Stranger" - which featured the Whispers - was a Top 20 R&B hit.
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]
In the 1950s and 60s, WANN Radio in Annapolis became a beacon for Black listeners by playing music and broadcasting voices that other mainstream stations ignored.
The Beatles had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1966. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.
May 27—"Head Over Heels" is a jukebox musical about a royal family's journey to save their kingdom from an oracle's prophecy. A mix of posh and punk, the story occurs in Elizabethan times, set ...