I Adore Him

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"I Adore Him"
Single by The Angels
B-side "Thank You and Goodnight"
Released October 1963
Genre Pop
Length2:30
Label Smash Records 1854
Songwriter(s) Artie Kornfeld, Jan Berry
Producer(s) Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer
The Angels singles chronology
"Cotton Fields"
(1963)
"I Adore Him"
(1963)
"Thank You and Goodnight"
(1963)

"I Adore Him" is a song written by Artie Kornfeld and Jan Berry and performed by The Angels. The song reached #13 on the R&B chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. [1] The song was produced by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer and arranged by Alan Lorber. [2]

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