Foolish Little Girl (song)

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"Foolish Little Girl"
The Shirelles - Foolish Little Girl.jpeg
Single by The Shirelles
from the album Foolish Little Girl
B-side "Not For All the Money in the World"
ReleasedMarch 1963
Genre R&B
Length2:19
Label Scepter 1248
Songwriter(s) Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield
Producer(s) Luther Dixon, Stan Greenberg
The Shirelles singles chronology
"Everybody Loves a Lover"
(1962)		"Foolish Little Girl"
(1963)		"Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye"
(1963)

"Foolish Little Girl" is a song written by Helen Miller and Howard Greenfield and performed by The Shirelles. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 on the R&B chart, and No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. [1] The song appeared on their 1963 album, Foolish Little Girl [2] and was ranked No. 57 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963. [3]

Contents

Background

Cash Box described it as "a most attractive, easy beat cha cha romancer." [4] The song released as a single was a demo recorded at Associated Studios in NYC on 7th Avenue.

Personnel

The Shirelles' version

Chart performance

Chart (1963)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Chart) [5] 8
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)38
US Billboard Hot 100 4
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 9

Other versions

In media

References

  1. ↑ The Shirelles, "Foolish Little Girl" Chart Positions Retrieved March 1, 2014
  2. ↑ The Shirelles, Foolish Little Girl Retrieved March 1, 2014
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1963". Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 23, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - May 6, 1963".
  6. ↑ Eric Brightwell, "Thiên Hương (aka “Tiny Yong”)", EricBrightwell.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020



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