Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
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"Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" was a folk music single, the debut recording by the Serendipity Singers in 1964. The song was written by rockabilly singer songwriter Ersel Hickey. The lyrics were based on the English nursery rhyme There Was A Crooked Man, with a calypso music based melody. It reached #2 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1964, and topped the 17 April 1964 WLS Silver Dollar Survey, in the middle of Beatlemania.[1] It was released on their debut album, The Serendipity Singers. The single's Philips catalog code was 40175.
References
- "Rock 'N' Roll Gold Rush : A Singles Un-Cyclopedia", Maury Dean, Algora Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-0875862071, p. 78
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