Nut Rocker

"Nut Rocker"
Single by B. Bumble and the Stingers
B-side"Nautilus"
Released1962
GenreInstrumental rock
Length1:59
LabelRendezvous R 166-1 (UK Top Rank Records)
Songwriter(s)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kim Fowley[1][2]
Producer(s)Kim Fowley[1]
B. Bumble and the Stingers singles chronology
"Rockin-On'n'-Off"
(1962) 		"Nut Rocker"
(1962) 		"Dawn Cracker"
(1962)

"Nut Rocker" is an instrumental rock single recorded by American instrumental ensemble B. Bumble and the Stingers that reached number 23 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in March 1962 and went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1962.[3] It is a version of the march from Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.