Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)

"Here Comes the Judge"
"Here Comes the Judge"
Single by Shorty Long
from the album Here Comes the Judge
B-side	"Sing What You Wanna"
Released	1968 (U.S.)
Genre	Comedy, Soul, Funk
Length	2:33
Label	Tamla Motown; Soul 35044
Songwriter(s)	, Suzanne de Passe, Shorty Long
Producer(s)	Shorty Long
Shorty Long singles chronology

"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the U.S. R&B chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It held #10 on Cashbox for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and Cashbox for 9 weeks.^[1]^[2] The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #30.^[3]

"Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.

Chart run[]

Billboard Hot 100^[1] (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8

Cashbox^[2] (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89, 72, 46, 13, 10, 10, 14, 18, 31

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 368. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 356.
^ "Here Comes the Judge". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

[Whitburn-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 368. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.

[Hoffmann-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 356.

[3] "Here Comes the Judge". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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