Yep!

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"Yep!"
Single by Duane Eddy
from the album Especially for You
B-side "Three-30-Blues"
Released March 1959
Genre Rockabilly
Length2:04
Label Jamie
Songwriter(s) Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood
Producer(s) Lee Hazlewood, Lester Sill
Duane Eddy singles chronology
"Peter Gunn"
(1959)		"Yep!"
(1959)		"Forty Miles of Bad Road"
(1959)

"Yep!" is a song written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood and performed by Eddy. The song reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart and #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. [1] The song appeared on his 1959 album, Especially for You . [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Duane Eddy, "Yep!" Chart Positions Retrieved April 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Duane Eddy, Especially for You Retrieved April 26, 2014
  3. ↑ Duane Eddy, "Yep!" single release Retrieved April 26, 2014
  4. ↑ The Surfaris, "Yep!" EP release Retrieved April 26, 2014


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