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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).
A paper fortune teller may be constructed by the steps shown in the illustration below: [1] [2] The corners of a sheet of paper are folded up to meet the opposite sides and (if the paper is not already square) the top is cut off, making a square sheet with diagonal creases.
"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]
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 Throb were an R&B-based garage rock band from Sydney, Australia, who were active in the mid-1960s. [1] [2] Despite their short tenure, they achieved a brief moment of success, scoring a major hit in Australia with a cover version of "Fortune Teller", originally recorded by Benny Spellman, and which had previously been covered by The Rolling Stones.
The Fortune Teller, by Enrique Simonet (1899; canvas; Museo de Málaga), depicting a palm reading. Pagtatawas by reading melted alum; pallomancy: by pendulums (Greek pallein, ' to sway ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') palmistry/palm reading → see somatomancy (Latin palma, ' palm ')
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.
The Fortune Teller (1895) by Art Nouveau painter Mikhail Vrubel, depicting a cartomancer The Cartomancer fortune-teller (c. 1508, Lucas van Leyden) Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. Forms of cartomancy appeared soon after playing cards were introduced into Europe in the 14th century. [1]