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Whipped Cream (song)

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"Whipped Cream"
Single by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
from the album Whipped Cream & Other Delights
B-side"Last Mananitas"
ReleasedFebruary 1965
Recorded1964
GenrePop
Length2:33
LabelA&M Records
Songwriter(s)Allen Toussaint
Producer(s)Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass singles chronology
"The Mexican Shuffle"
(1964)
"Whipped Cream"
(1965)
"A Taste of Honey"
(1965)

"Whipped Cream" is an instrumental most famously recorded by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It is the title track of their 1965 LP, Whipped Cream & Other Delights, and was released as the lead single from the album. The song was written by Allen Toussaint under the pen name of Naomi Neville (after his mother), and originally recorded by The Stokes.

Alpert's recording of "Whipped Cream" became a hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (#68) and Adult Contemporary chart (#13). It was also a minor hit in Australia. It later was used as part of the music for the ABC television show The Dating Game.[1]

Chart history

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 99
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 68
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 13
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 85

References

  1. ^ Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (2005). Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed. Routledge. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X