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Love Potion No. 9 (song)
| "Love Potion No. 9" | |
|---|---|
| Single by The Clovers | |
| B-side | "Stay Awhile" |
| Released | July 1959[1] |
| Recorded | June 8, 1959 |
| Studio | Capitol (New York City) |
| Genre | Doo-wop |
| Length | 2:02 |
| Label | United Artists |
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
| Official Audio | |
| "Love Potion No. 9" on YouTube | |
| "Love Potion Number Nine" | ||||
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| Single by The Searchers | ||||
| from the album Meet the Searchers | ||||
| B-side | "Hi-Heel Sneakers" | |||
| Released | November 1964 | |||
| Studio | Pye Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:05 | |||
| Label | Kapp KJB-27 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
| The Searchers singles chronology | ||||
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| Official Audio | ||||
| "Love Potion No. 9" on YouTube | ||||
"Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by the Clovers,[2] who took it to No. 23 on the US as well as R&B charts that year.[3][4] It reached #20 in Canada.[5]
The Searchers recorded it in 1964 and reached No.3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on Cash Box during the winter of 1965.[6]
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded an instrumental version for their 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights.[7]
The Coasters released their take in December 1971 with "D. W. Washburn" on the B-side. It reached No. 76 on the Billboard Pop chart and No. 96 on the Cash Box chart.
It is also track 1 on the studio album Two Days Away, released in 1977 by Elkie Brooks and produced by the song's writers Leiber and Stoller.
- ^ "Reviews of This Week's Singles". Billboard: 39. August 3, 1959.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - November 9, 1959".
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 1/23/65". tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AjUHjEYCfo
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