“The Rapper” #2 3/21/1970

Another single that got stuck at #2 thanks to Simon and Garfunkel. This came from a one-hit wonder, the Jaggerz, formed several years earlier at Slippery Rock State in Pennsylvania. They became local stars on the Pittsburgh area club scene. Front man Dominic Ierace, better known as Donnie Iris, went on to join Wild Cherry (post-“Play That Funky Music”) before having a solo hit with “Ah! Leah!” in 1980.