Keith said, "It took five years and two takes to record." Susan from Toronto, CanadaKeith tried for years to get Mick to record this.Patrice from Errora, OkI almost went blind looking at the crazy color schemes on the cover of Dirty Work.Turns out that Fred had a good handle on the Stones' style, as it sounded very much like his version. Even when he declared it was a hoax, many did not believe him, until the real version was released. Reps from rival radio stations and even executives from Columbia records were fooled, and demanded that Stern reveal how he got his copy. Bart from New Milford, NjDays before the song was released, then New York radio personality Howard Stern had his sidekick Fred Norris and his house band do a cover of Harlem Shuffle in the Rolling Stones style, and played it pretending that it was the Stones.Twenty-three years later in 1986 the Rolling Stones covered it and on April 27th, 1986 their version reached #5 on the Top 100 and #2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.īob and Earl had one other Top 100 record, "Don't Ever Leave Me", it peaked at #85 in 1962 (available on You Tube). Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 15th 1963 "Harlem Shuffle" by Bob and Earl entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart eventually it peaked at #44 and spent 11 weeks on the Top 100.Northernsoul from London, EnglandNo search results for BOB AND EARL on this website, WTF? Come on guys, somebody make the effort to post a page on this great soul duo.
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