Limbo Rock
| "Limbo Rock" | ||||
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| Single by Chubby Checker | ||||
| from the album Limbo Party | ||||
| B-side | "Popeye the Hitchhiker" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Parkway | |||
| Writer(s) | Jon Sheldon, Billy Strange | |||
| Chubby Checker singles chronology | ||||
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"Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jon Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker (on Parkway Records): it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on the Cash Box charts. Chubby Checker then released a sequel, Let's Limbo Some More, in 1963 and that peaked at #20 in the Billboard chart.[1]
The song was covered by a long list of artists including Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, The Champs, The Ventures, Fozzie Bear, Sebastian the crab, Chet Atkins and Hank Snow (on their joint album C.B. Atkins & C.E. Snow by Special Request), The Knickerbockers, Klaus Wunderlich, The Routers, Arthur Lyman, Skiantos. Because the song is literally about limbo, versions of the song by lesser-known cover bands appear on various latin music, Calypso music and reggae compilation records. It also appears on a number of children's music albums.
The Chubby Checker recording was featured in the film Hairspray.
[edit] References
- ^ Pat Browne (2001), The guide to United States popular culture, p. 154, ISBN 9780879728212
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