DUKE OF EARL #1 HIT: FEB 16, 1962
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) Fifty-six years ago, February 16, 1962, the number one American hit song was "Duke of Earl" written by Gene Chandler*, Bernice Williams and Earl Edwards and recorded on the Vee-Jay** label.
Duke of Earl was released at the end of 1961 and hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 13, 1962.
*Gene Chandler (Eugene Drake Dixon) was born in Chicago in 1937. GC was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and won the R&B Foundation's Pioneer Award.
**Vee-Jay Records was founded in 1953 by Vivian Carter & James C. Bracken. VJ was one of the first African-American owned record labels. VJ specialized in blues, jazz, r&b & r&r.
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) Fifty-six years ago, February 16, 1962, the number one American hit song was "Duke of Earl" written by Gene Chandler*, Bernice Williams and Earl Edwards and recorded on the Vee-Jay** label.
Duke of Earl was released at the end of 1961 and hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 13, 1962.
*Gene Chandler (Eugene Drake Dixon) was born in Chicago in 1937. GC was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and won the R&B Foundation's Pioneer Award.
**Vee-Jay Records was founded in 1953 by Vivian Carter & James C. Bracken. VJ was one of the first African-American owned record labels. VJ specialized in blues, jazz, r&b & r&r.
