"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King that was first released by the Drifters in 1961. The lead vocalist on the recording is Rudy Lewis.[1] (It is not related to another song of the same name which was written by John Ellison and first released by Soul Brothers Six in 1967).
| "Some Kind of Wonderful" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Drifters | ||||
| from the album Save the Last Dance for Me | ||||
| B-side | "Honey Bee" | |||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |||
| The Drifters singles chronology | ||||
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The Drifters' original recording of the Goffin/King song reached No. 32 on the US Billboard pop chart and No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart.[2]
Notable covers include versions by both Little Eva (1962) and her sister Idalia Boyd (1963), Marvin Gaye (1967), Jay and the Americans (1970),[3] Carole King (1971), Peter Cincotti (2004), Aled Jones featuring Cerys Matthews (2007), and Michael Bublé on the deluxe editions of his fourth studio album, Crazy Love (2009).
On the double album The Drifters 24 Original Hits (UK, 1975, Atlantic Records), the song is mistakenly credited to John Ellison.[4] Conversely, on the Q-Tips' self-titled debut album (UK, 1980, Chrysalis Records), the Ellison song is mistakenly credited to Goffin and King [5]
References
edit- ^ "Rudy Lewis Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
- ^ Ertegun, Ahmet; et al. (2001). "What'd I say?", The Atlantic Story: 50 Years of Music. New York: Welcome Rain Publishers. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-56649-048-1. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
'Some Kind Of Wonderful' by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, with Rudy Lewis on lead vocals, is released by The Drifters. It goes to #6 R&B and #32 Pop.
- ^ Adams, Greg. "Wax Museum - Jay & the Americans | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ "The Drifters - 24 Original Hits (Vinyl, LP, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 1975. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ^ "Q-Tips* - Q-Tips (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. August 1980. Retrieved 2015-09-30.