Doggin' Around

"Doggin' Around"
Single by Jackie Wilson
A-side"Night"
ReleasedMarch 1960 (1960)
GenreR&B, Pop
Length2:45
LabelBrunswick
Songwriter(s)Lena Agree
Jackie Wilson singles chronology
"Night"
(1960)
"Doggin' Around"
(1960)
"Alone at Last"
(1960)

"Doggin' Around" is a 1960 Rhythm and blues song written by Lena Agree and originally performed by Jackie Wilson. Reaching both the R&B and the pop singles charts in the U.S., "Doggin' Around" hit number one on the Hot R&B Sides chart for three weeks and peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100. The A-side of the single was "Night", based on the aria "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" from the opera Samson and Delilah, by Saint-Saëns; it made the top five on the R&B and pop charts.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 629.