"Feel So Fine" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Preston | ||||
from the album Come Rock With Me | ||||
B-side | "I'm Starting to Go Steady" | |||
Released | 1960 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll | |||
Length | 2:06 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Leonard Lee[1] | |||
Johnny Preston singles chronology | ||||
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"Feel So Fine" is a song released in 1960 by Johnny Preston. The song is a reworking of the 1955 song "Feel So Good" by Shirley & Lee, with modified lyrics.[2]
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Shirley & Lee version
Shirley & Lee's "Feel So Good" reached No. 2 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played in Juke Boxes",[3] No. 5 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Best Sellers in Stores",[4] No. 7 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played by Jockeys",[5] and No. 6 on Cash Box's Rhythm & Blues Top 15.[6]
Johnny Preston version
Johnny Preston's version was released in 1960, and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 14,[7] while reaching No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100,[8] No. 6 in Flanders,[9] No. 9 in Australia,[10] No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[11] No. 18 in the United Kingdom,[12][13] and No. 26 in Wallonia.[14]
Chart performance
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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Australia[10] | 9 |
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[11] | 14 |
Flanders[9] | 6 |
UK Record Retailer[12] | 18 |
UK New Musical Express[13] | 18 |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 14 |
US Cash Box Top 100[8] | 9 |
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most[15] | 8 |
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes[16] | 9 |
Wallonia[14] | 26 |
Kenny Vernon version
Kenny Vernon released a version of "Feel So Fine" as a single in 1972[17] and on the album Loversville in 1973.[18] Vernon's version reached No. 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.[19][20]
References
- ^ Feel So Fine - By: Johnny Preston, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 25, 2015
- ^ Singer Johnny Preston dies at 71, Variety, March 6, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Most Played in Juke Boxes", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 5, 1955. p. 46. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, February 4, 1956. p. 32. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ a b Hot 100 - Johnny Preston Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending August 20, 1960". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ a b Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 20, 1960
- ^ a b "CHUM Charts – Chart No. 173". CHUM. August 22, 1960. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b Johnny Preston - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Best Selling Pop Records in Britain", Billboard, August 22, 1960. p. 14. Accessed October 14, 2015
- ^ a b Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "The Records Disc Jockeys Played Most", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 33. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Radio Action and Pick Singles", Billboard, December 23, 1972. p. 49. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Loversville – Kenny Vernon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ Hot Country Songs - Kenny Vernon Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, February 17, 1973. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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