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"Fortune Teller" is a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville and first recorded by Benny Spellman. It was issued in 1962 as B-side of the single " Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette) " on Minit Records (Cat 644).
"Fortuneteller" is a song written by Dyer Hurdon and Basil Hurdon, and recorded by Bobby Curtola in 1962. [1] It reached number 5 on Canada's CHUM Charts. [2] The song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 41 on June 23, 1962. [3] The song was also recorded by Ray Woolf With The Raytones and Dick Jordan.
Toussaint credited about twenty songs to his parents, Clarence and Naomi, sometimes using the pseudonym "Naomi Neville". [19] [20] These include "Fortune Teller", first recorded by Benny Spellman in 1961, "Pain In My Heart," first a hit for Otis Redding in 1963, and "Work, Work, Work", recorded by The Artwoods in 1966.
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Benny Spellman (December 11, 1931 – June 3, 2011) [1] was an American R&B singer, [2] he was best known for the 1962 single "Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)" and its B-side "Fortune Teller", both written by Allen Toussaint (credited as Naomi Neville).
The single "Fortune Teller" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards 2009. This was guitarist Larry Carlton 's last Fourplay album before Chuck Loeb joined in 2010.
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The song became Spellman's only hit record, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. The flip side of the single was "Fortune Teller", made famous by The Rolling Stones cover among others.