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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]
The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis. [2]
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 Canada it reached #6. [4] In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart appearance. [5]
- The song became a major hit in the UK during the autumn of 1964 with a rendition by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders reaching No. 5. [6]
- Johnny Rivers covered 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 was renamed "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, peaking at No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart in Billboard in February 1978; it reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it was Rivers' final charting song. [7]
- ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. December 1963. 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.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 24, 1964".
- ^ "MAJOR LANCE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "Mindbenders". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 205.
