Hands Off
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| "Hands Off" | ||||
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| Single by Jay McShann | ||||
| B-side | "Another Night" | |||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | 1955 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jay McShann | |||
| Jay McShann singles chronology | ||||
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"Hands Off" is a 1955 song written and recorded by Jay McShann. The single, on the Vee-Jay label, was the most successful Jay McShann release on the Billboard R&B chart. "Hands Off", with vocals performed by Priscilla Bowman, was number one on the R&B best seller chart for three weeks. The single is notable because this was the last single to hit number one on the R&B chart without making the Billboard pop charts until 1976. For the next twenty-one years, all singles which made the top spot on the Billboard R&B chart would make the pop charts.[1]
Preston Foster reworked "Hands Off" to create the 1956 song "Got My Mojo Working"[citation needed] popularised by Muddy Waters.
References[edit]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 392.
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