Everybody (Tommy Roe song)

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"Everybody"
Single by Tommy Roe
from the album Sweet Pea
B-side "Sorry I'm Late, Lisa"
Released September 14, 1963
Genre Pop rock
Length1:56
Label ABC-Paramount Records 10478
Songwriter(s) Tommy Roe
Producer(s) Felton Jarvis
Tommy Roe singles chronology
"Kiss and Run"
(1963)
"Everybody"
(1963)
"Come On"
(1964)

"Everybody" is a song written and performed by Tommy Roe. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. [1] The song appeared on his 1966 album, Sweet Pea. [2]

The song was produced by Felton Jarvis. [3] The song was recorded at FAME Studios. The musicians on the record included Norbert Putnam on bass, David Briggs on piano, Bobby West on guitar, and Jerry Carrigan on drums. [4]

The song was ranked #38 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963. [5]

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