| "Limbo Rock" | ||||
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| Single by Chubby Checker | ||||
| from the album Limbo Party | ||||
| B-side | "Popeye the Hitchhiker" | |||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
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| Length | 2:22 | |||
| Label | Parkway | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kal Mann (as Jan Sheldon), Billy Strange | |||
| Chubby Checker singles chronology | ||||
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"Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jan Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker (on Parkway Records): it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (held out by "Telstar" by The Tornados) and at number one on the Cash Box charts. The Chubby Checker recording also made it to number three on the R&B charts.[1] In Canada it reached number 7 for 2 weeks co-charting with the B-side.[2]
Checker then released a sequel, "Let's Limbo Some More", in 1963, which peaked at #20 in the Billboard chart and #16 in Canada.[3][4]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 114.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - October 22, 1962".
- ^ Pat Browne (2001), The guide to United States popular culture, Popular Press, p. 154, ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - March 4, 1963".