Barefootin' (song)

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"Barefootin'"
Single by Robert Parker
B-side "Let's Go Baby (Where the Action Is)"
Released 1966
Genre R&B
Length2:33
Label Nola Records
Songwriter(s) Robert Parker
Producer(s) Whurley Burley Productions, arranged by Wardell Quezergue
Audio
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"Barefootin'" is a 1966 song written and performed by Robert Parker. "Barefootin'" was arranged and produced by Wardell Quezergue in 1965. Parker's record label, Nola Records, claimed that the record sold over one million copies. [1]

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Chart performance

The song reached No.2 on the U.S. Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart and No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] It also peaked at No.11 on the Cash Box Top 100 in June 1966. [3] Outside the US, the track reached No.7 in Canada in June 1966 [4] and No.24 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1966. [5] [6]

Other versions

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The song is included as a full-length performance by Walter "Wolfman" Washington and house band in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky! , which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz. [8] [9]

The song was covered on the 1989 album Southern Star by the American country music band Alabama. Lead vocals were sung by the bands lead guitarist/fiddler Jeff Cook.

The song was covered on the 2016 soundtrack album of Hoot by Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson, on the MCA label.

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References

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  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 449.
  3. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles: Week ending JUNE 11, 1966". www.cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 27, 1966" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Official [U.K.] Singles Chart Top 50: 1st-7th September 1966". Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 417. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  7. ↑ "Episode 8: Music Videos", aardman.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "IAJE What's Going On". Jazz Education Journal. Manhattan, Kansas: International Association of Jazz Educators. 37 (5): 87. April 2005. ISSN   1540-2886. ProQuest   1370090.
  9. ↑ Make It Funky! (DVD). Culver City, California: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. ISBN   9781404991583. OCLC   61207781. 11952.


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