- A Little Bit of Soap
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Name = A Little Bit of Soap
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Artist =The Jarmels
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Released = 1961 (Jarmels)
1970 (Davis)
1979 (Olsson)
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Recorded = 1961 (Jarmels)
1970 (Davis)
1979 (Olsson)
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Length = 2:13
Label = Laurie (Jarmels)
Bang (Davis, Olsson)
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Misc ="A Little Bit of Soap", written by
Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell), was a song, first sung byThe Jarmels , reaching #12 in September 1961.The song has been covered many times since. Paul Davis's rendition reached #52 on the
Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970, andNigel Olsson 's rendition hit #34 in June 1979.The song, about a breakup and lost love, was sung in a bluesy soul style by the Jarmels. It was followed up in a ballad arrangement by both Davis and Olsson.
While the song was a minor hit in the
United States all three times it was released, it reached the Top Ten on the Canadian charts, and Top Twenty inAustralia in 1970 for Paul Davis. [ [http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1970/19700822.html Go-Set Australian charts - 22 August 1970 ] ] It was his first charting single release. [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/pauldavis/interview.html]"A Little Bit of Soap" was a huge hit in
South East Asia when theHong Kong -based groupCliff Foenander and The Fabulous Echoes released it as a single. It spent 25 weeks at Number 1 in Top Ten Charts in 1963 in South East Asia. Foenander and The Fabulous Echoes also sang the hit in Las Vegas USA in 1964. It made Cliff Foenander a household name in South Asia:Radio Ceylon , the oldest radio station inSouth Asia , played the Number One hit across the Indian subcontinent.De La Soul sampled it for a different song with the same name.References
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