Fortuneteller (song)

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"Fortuneteller"
Single by Bobby Curtola
B-side "Johnny Take Your Time"
Released1962
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:41
Label Del-Fi Records
Songwriter(s) Dyer Hurdon & Basil Hurdon
Bobby Curtola singles chronology
"Hitchhiker"
(1961)
"Fortuneteller"
(1962)
"You Must Belong To Me"
(1962)

"Fortuneteller" is a song written by Dyer Hurdon and Basil Hurdon, and recorded by Bobby Curtola in 1962. [1] The song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 41 on June 23, 1962. [2]

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References

  1. "Bobby Curtola - Fortuneteller / Johnny Take Your Time". Discogs. 1962.
  2. "Fortuneteller". billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2018.