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"Feel So Fine"
Single by Johnny Preston
from the album Come Rock With Me
B-side"I'm Starting to Go Steady"
Released 1960
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:06
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)Leonard Lee [1]
Johnny Preston singles chronology
" Cradle of Love"
(1960) 		"Feel So Fine"
(1960) 		"Charming Billy"
(1960)

"Feel So Fine" is a song released in 1960 by Johnny Preston. The song is a reworking of the 1955 song "Feel So Good" by Shirley & Lee, with modified lyrics. [2]

Shirley & Lee version

Shirley & Lee's "Feel So Good" reached No. 2 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played in Juke Boxes", [3] No. 5 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Best Sellers in Stores", [4] No. 7 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played by Jockeys", [5] and No. 6 on Cash Box's Rhythm & Blues Top 15. [6]

Johnny Preston version

Johnny Preston's version was released in 1960, and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 14, [7] while reaching No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100, [8] No. 6 in Flanders, [9] No. 9 in Australia, [10] No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [11] No. 18 in the United Kingdom, [12] [13] and No. 26 in Wallonia. [14]

Chart performance

Chart (1960) Peak
position
Australia [10] 9
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) [11] 14
Flanders [9] 6
UK Record Retailer [12] 18
UK New Musical Express [13] 18
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 14
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 9
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most [15] 8
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes [16] 9
Wallonia [14] 26

Kenny Vernon version

Kenny Vernon released a version of "Feel So Fine" as a single in 1972 [17] and on the album Loversville in 1973. [18] Vernon's version reached No. 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. [19] [20]

References

  1. ^ Feel So Fine - By: Johnny Preston, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 25, 2015
  2. ^ Singer Johnny Preston dies at 71, Variety, March 6, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ " Rhythm & Blues Records - Most Played in Juke Boxes", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ " Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ^ " Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 5, 1955. p. 46. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ " The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, February 4, 1956. p. 32. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Hot 100 - Johnny Preston Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending August 20, 1960". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  10. ^ a b David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 20, 1960
  11. ^ a b "CHUM Charts – Chart No. 173". CHUM. August 22, 1960. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  12. ^ a b Johnny Preston - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  13. ^ a b " Best Selling Pop Records in Britain", Billboard, August 22, 1960. p. 14. Accessed October 14, 2015
  14. ^ a b Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  15. ^ " The Records Disc Jockeys Played Most", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  16. ^ " The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 33. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  17. ^ " Radio Action and Pick Singles", Billboard, December 23, 1972. p. 49. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  18. ^ "Loversville – Kenny Vernon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  19. ^ Hot Country Songs - Kenny Vernon Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  20. ^ " Hot Country Singles", Billboard, February 17, 1973. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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