Ride!

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"Ride!"
Single by Dee Dee Sharp
from the album All the Hits (Volume II)
B-side"The Night"
ReleasedOctober 1962 (1962-10)
GenreSoul
Length2:24
LabelCameo
Songwriter(s)Kal Mann, Dave Appell
Dee Dee Sharp singles chronology
"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"
(1962)
"Ride!"
(1962)
"Do the Bird"
(1963)

"Ride!" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Dee Dee Sharp. It reached #5 on the U.S. pop chart and #7 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962.[1] It was featured on her 1963 album All the Hits (Volume II).[2]

The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[3]

Other versions

  • The Orlons released a version of the song on their 1963 album All the Hits by The Orlons.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Dee Dee Sharp, "Ride!" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dee Dee Sharp, All the Hits (Volume II)". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  4. ^ "The Orlons, All the Hits by The Orlons". Retrieved March 7, 2019.