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"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by #LeRoyHolmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group #TheImpalas. It reached #2 on the #USPopChart, behind both #TheHappyOrgan by #DaveBabyCortez and #KansasCity by #WilbertHarrison. It also went to #14 on the #USRAndBChart. Overseas, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" went to #28 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1959.
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"Hey Little Girl" is a song originally written by Loren Blixt who sold the right of the song to #OtisBlackwell and Bobby Stevenson and performed by #DeeClark. In 1959, the track reached No. 2 on the #USRAndBChart and No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was featured on his 1959 album, Dee Clark. The song ranked No. 40 on the Billboard year-end top 50 R&B #singles of 1959.
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"Lonely Blue Boy" (originally entitled "Danny" and sung by #ElvisPresley) is a song written by #BenWeisman and #FredWise. The song was earmarked originally for the #soundtrack to Presley's 1958 film #KingCreole. For some reason, it was not used in the film. Singer #ConwayTwitty picked up on the song recorded it and changed the title to "#LonelyBlueBoy". It reached #6 on the #USPopChart and #27 on the #USRAndBChart in 1960.
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"I'm Your Puppet" is a song written by #DanPenn and #SpoonerOldham; the best known version is the one recorded by #JamesAndBobbyPurify which reached #5 on the #USRAndBChart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. The single was nominated for a #GrammyAwardForBestRAndBPerformanceByADuoOrGroupWithVocals in 1967. The song was featured on their 1967 album, James & Bobby Purify.
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"I'm Your Puppet" is a song written by #DanPenn and #SpoonerOldham; the best known version is the one recorded by #JamesAndBobbyPurify which reached #5 on the #USRAndBChart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. The single was nominated for a #GrammyAwardForBestRAndBPerformanceByADuoOrGroupWithVocals in 1967. The song was featured on their 1967 album, James & Bobby Purify.
youtube.com/watch?v=02zlXmftvqg

"I'm Your Puppet" is a song written by #DanPenn and #SpoonerOldham; the best known version is the one recorded by #JamesAndBobbyPurify which reached #5 on the #USRAndBChart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. The single was nominated for a #GrammyAwardForBestRAndBPerformanceByADuoOrGroupWithVocals in 1967. The song was featured on their 1967 album, James & Bobby Purify.
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"Speedoo" is a song written by Esther Navarro and performed by #TheCadillacs featuring the Jesse Powell Orchestra. It reached number 3 on the #USRAndBChart and number 17 on the #USPopChart in 1955. The song was featured on their 1957 album, The Fabulous Cadillacs. The lead vocal was by #EarlCarroll. Lyrically, the song tells of Mister Earl who acquired the nickname #Speedoo because, when it comes to his pursuit of pretty girls, "he don't believe in wastin' time".
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"The Stroll" is a song written by Nancy Lee and #ClydeOtis and performed by #TheDiamonds. It reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart, #4 on the #USPopChart, and #5 on the #USRAndBChart in 1958. The song was ranked #48 on #Billboard magazine's #Top50SinglesOf1958. The Diamonds were the first to record "The Stroll". Although he was known as "King of the Stroll" for other songs suitable for dancing the stroll to, the song "The Stroll" was, contrary to rumor.
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"Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)" is a song written by Nick Curinga and #PaulPoliti and performed by #LittleCaesarAndTheRomans. It reached #9 on the #USPopChart and #28 on the #USRAndBChart in 1961. The song ranked #69 on #Billboard magazine's #Top100SinglesOf1961. At the time, the song referred to songs from the Great Depression and WWII era (about 1930–1945), acts like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, which would have been oldies at the time. Nowadays.
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"The Wah-Watusi" is a song written by #KalMann and #DaveAppell and performed by #TheOrlons. It reached No.2 on the #USPopChart behind #BobbyVinton's "#RosesAreRedMyLove", No.5 on the #USRAndBChart, and No. 12 in #Canada in 1962. It was featured on their 1962 album The Wah-Watusi. "The Wah-Watusi" sold over one million copies and was awarded #goldDiscStatus. The song ranked No.24 on #Billboard magazine's #Top100SinglesOf1962.
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"I'm Your Puppet" is a song written by #DanPenn and #SpoonerOldham; the best known version is the one recorded by #JamesAndBobbyPurify which reached #5 on the #USRAndBChart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. The single was nominated for a #GrammyAwardForBestRAndBPerformanceByADuoOrGroupWithVocals in 1967. The song was featured on their 1967 album, James & Bobby Purify.
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