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It was a hit for the American girl group the Cookies in 1962 and for the English rock band the Beatles, who recorded the song for their debut album in 1963. King recorded a solo version of "Chains" for her 1980 album Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King. The song used in the opening sequence of film Skipped Parts.
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, which became a 1962 top 10 hit single for the Miracles. One of the Miracles' most covered tunes, this million-selling song received a 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has also been selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1962. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through October 31, 1962. №
French female singer Annie Chancel recorded the song in 1962, and since then used Sheila as her pseudonym. It was released in France by Philips Records . English band Status Quo covered the song on the U.K. version of their 1968 album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo , and in the 2003 and 2009 remasterings of the same title.
Released by Jamie Records, it was a number 1 US Billboard R&B chart hit and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1962. [2] The song was later recorded by Aretha Franklin and became a country hit record for Freddy Fender. Lynn released an album, also titled You'll Lose A Good Thing, which featured ten of her compositions. [7] [8]
In April 1964, when the Terry Stafford version of "Suspicion" (recorded in May 1962 as a demo) was in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, the Presley original was given a US single release with "Kiss Me Quick" as the flip, and it was "Kiss Me Quick" which was the favored side, reaching No. 34 nationally. "Suspicion" peaked at No. 103.
At the climax of the song, Missy hits a Phantom of the Opera-esque high note. As with most of the Four Seasons' hit records, "Sherry" is included in the Four Seasons musical biopic Jersey Boys, with Reynolds's stunt being used to lead into the song. (Reynolds went uncredited in the musical and was replaced by the fictional disc jockey Barry ...
Brenda Reid, Carolyn (Carol) Johnson, Lillian Walker, and Sylvia Wilbur formed the group while at high school together in Queens, New York City, in 1961.They were originally called the Masterettes, as a sister group to another group called the Masters, and released their first recording, "Follow the Leader", in early 1962.