Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
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"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" | ||||
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Single by Major Lance | ||||
from the album Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um | ||||
B-side | "Sweet Music" | |||
Released | December 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Label | Okeh | |||
Songwriter(s) | Curtis Mayfield | |||
Producer(s) | Carl Davis | |||
Major Lance singles chronology | ||||
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"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" is a song, written by Curtis Mayfield.[1]
Overview[]
The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis.[2]
Chart performance[]
The song was Major Lance's third release to make the Billboard Hot 100 and his most successful hit with a #5 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964 with a #1 peak on the Cash Box R&B chart (Billboard did not run an R&B chart November 1963-January 1965).[3] In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart appearance.[4]
Other versions[]
- The song would become a major UK hit in the autumn of 1964 via a rendition by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders which reached #5.[5]
- Johnny Rivers remade the song for his 1977 album Outside Help from which it was issued as the follow-up single to the Top Ten hit "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)": Rivers' version renamed the song "Curious Mind" after a lyric in the second verse, the full title of the Rivers' version being "Curious Mind (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)". "Curious Mind..." was heavily supported by easy-listening radio with a February 1978 peak of #4 on the Easy Listening chart in "Billboard" and almost afforded Rivers' a Top 40 hit with a #41 peak on the "Billboard" Hot 100 where it was Rivers' final charting song.[6]
References[]
- ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ Legacy Recordings - Major Lance Biography. Legacyrecordings.com.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 339.
- ^ "MAJOR LANCE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ "Mindbenders". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 205.
Categories:
- 1963 singles
- Songs written by Curtis Mayfield
- Major Lance songs
- The Mindbenders songs
- Johnny Rivers songs
- 1963 songs
- 1964 singles
- 1965 singles
- 1978 singles
- Big Tree Records singles