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Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
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Wikipedia article
"'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um'" is a song, written by Curtis Mayfield.
Overview
The first recording to be released was by Major Lance, as a single in December 1963, produced by Okeh label president Carl Davis.[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Major-Lance/Biography.aspx Legacy Recordings - Major Lance Biography]. Legacyrecordings.com.
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). In the UK it reached #40, Lance's only UK chart appearance.
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.
*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.
References
Category:1963 singles
Category:Songs written by Curtis Mayfield
Category:Major Lance songs
Category:The Mindbenders songs
Category:Johnny Rivers songs
Category:1963 songs
Category:1964 singles
Category:1965 singles
Category:1978 singles
Category:Big Tree Records singles
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