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"One Mint Julep" is a R&B song, written and composed by Rudy Toombs, that became a 1952 hit for the Clovers. [1] The song has received over 100 cover versions, both with lyrics and as an instrumental.
The tracks "One Mint Julep" (written by Rudy Toombs) [7] and the Ertegun composition "Middle of the Night" (originally released as a 10" vinyl single) [8] were both top ten hits on the R&B chart of May 1952. [9]
Some of Toombs' best known songs are listed below. [3]"Teardrops from My Eyes", a Rhythm and blues song for Ruth Brown, which was a hit for her in 1950 "One Mint Julep", [1] recorded by The Clovers (number 1 R&B in 1951), covered in an instrumental version by Ray Charles (number 1 R&B, Billboard Hot 100 number 8 in 1961)
A recording by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, [1] with Jo Stafford, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 183. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 22, 1945, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. [2]
He also recommended the song by labelling it an AMG Pick Track. [2] Billboard, in a review of the 2001 live album Silver, included the album's version of "Oh, Candy" as one of the highlights. [10] In a review of a 1997 Cheap Trick concert, Chris Riemenschneider of the Austin American-Statesman described the song as a "delightful poppy ditty". [11]
"Cherry Bomb" is the debut single by the all-female band The Runaways from their self-titled debut album, released on March 16, 1976 through Mercury Records. [1] " Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on VH1 's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs [ 6 ] and peaked at number 106 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
The O.G. mint julep was likely made with cognac or brandy, but once France’s cognac trade slowed in the mid-1800s due to the phylloxera epidemic (aka when a particular aphid insect destroyed a ...
The Graphic's chromolithograph of Cherry Ripe (1879) by John Everett Millais (1829–96) Cherry Ripe is an English song with words by poet Robert Herrick (1591–1674) and music by Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849). This song was heard in the beginning of Alice in Wonderland. It contains the refrain, Cherry ripe, cherry ripe, Ripe I cry, Full ...