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"Maybe" is a song with words and music originally credited to
End Records owner
George Goldner and "Casey". The co-writing credit was later transferred to
Richard Barrett. Arlene Smith, lead singer of
the Chantels, is believed to be an uncredited co-writer.
[1] The song was first recorded by the Chantels on October 16, 1957, in a
doo-wop style with Barrett playing piano, and released in December 1957. It climbed the charts in January 1958, reaching No. 15 in the
Billboard
Hot 100 and No. 2 in the Billboard
R&B
chart. It was subsequently described as "arguably, the first true glimmering of the
girl group sound".
[2]
Rolling Stone ranked it No. 199 on its list of
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
[1] It was also included in
Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).
[3]
Billboard named the song No. 60 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
[4]
The song was also covered by
The Three Degrees in 1966,
Janis Joplin on her
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! album in 1969, and again by The Three Degrees in 1970.
Miguel Matute Project recorded a version in 2019 with Monica Mayen on vocals, included in the album "Desde Adentro y Otros Asuntos".
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