Personality (Lloyd Price song)
| "Personality" | ||||
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| Single by Lloyd Price | ||||
| B-side | "Have You Ever Had the Blues" | |||
| Released | April 1959 | |||
| Genre | R&B/pop | |||
| Length | 2:35 | |||
| Label | ABC-Paramount | |||
| Writer(s) | Harold Logan, Lloyd Price | |||
| Lloyd Price singles chronology | ||||
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"Personality" is a 1959 R&B/pop hit with music and lyrics by Harold Logan and Lloyd Price. It was released as a single by Price.[1] The single reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of Lloyd Price's most popular crossover hits. The song was also a #1 U.S. R&B hit, maintaining the top spot for four weeks.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1959.[3] The song reached #9 in the U.K..[4]
As "Personalità", performed by Caterina Valente, it was a major Italian hit in 1960.
In 1967, Mitch Ryder got to #87 with a live medley of this song and Chantilly Lace.
Jerry Lee Lewis released a country and western version on his 1979 album, Jerry Lee Lewis.[5] The song was covered by Annie Ross and the Renzettes in Basket Case 3: The Progeny. The Kidsongs covered this song on their "Let's Put on a Show" video and DVD.
A version of the song is heard in a 2010 TV commercial for NFLshop.com. the NFL's online retailer and also appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.[6]
References
- ↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 17 - The Soul Reformation: More on the evolution of rhythm and blues. [Part 3]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 470.
- ↑ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959
- ↑ "Personality" by Lloyd Price Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ↑ "The Help (Music From the Motion Picture)". Amazon.com. July 26, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
| Preceded by "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison |
Billboard Hot R&B Sides number-one single June 29, 1959 - July 20, 1959 |
Succeeded by "There Goes My Baby" by The Drifters |