"The Stroll" | ||||
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Single by The Diamonds | ||||
B-side | "Land of Beauty" | |||
Released | December 2, 1957 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 2:30 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nancy Lee, Clyde Otis | |||
The Diamonds singles chronology | ||||
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"The Stroll" is a song written by Nancy Lee and Clyde Otis and performed by The Diamonds. It reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart,[1] #4 on the U.S. pop chart, and #5 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1958.[2]
The song was ranked #48 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1958.[3]
The Diamonds were the first to record "The Stroll".[4] Although he was known as "King of the Stroll" for other songs suitable for dancing the stroll to, the song "The Stroll" was, contrary to rumor, never recorded by Chuck Willis.