Keep the Ball Rollin'

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"Keep The Ball Rollin'"
Single by Jay & the Techniques
B-side "Here We Go Again"
ReleasedOctober 1967
Genre Soul
Length3:04
Label Smash
Songwriter(s) Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer
Producer(s) Jerry Ross
Jay & the Techniques singles chronology
"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie"
(1967)
"Keep The Ball Rollin'"
(1967)
"Strawberry Shortcake"
(1968)

"Keep The Ball Rollin'" is a song written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer was recorded by Jay & the Techniques.

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Chart performance

"Keep The Ball Rollin" reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. [1]

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