A 1964 Top 5 hit for the Kingsmen, “The Jolly Green Giant,” had this as the B-side. A remake became the last chart entry for the Fireballs. They recorded for Norman Petty at the same studio in Clovis, NM where Buddy Holly started out. Their “Sugar Shack” had the misfortune of being #1 at the time of the JFK assassination; the Fireballs never fully recovered from that or the British Invasion.
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I thought Dominique was the #1 hit at that time.
I'm confused now. Gotta find a chart for the week of November 17 thru November 23 1963 via WLS Silver Dollar Survey, or a KHJ or KOMA or WQXI survey for that particular week.
Time to do some double-checking on my own.
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