"You Can't Sit Down" was originally recorded in 1959 as "Can't Sit Down" by The Bim Bam Boos on Dasher Records catalogue number D-500 and credited to Dasher - Muldrow; it featured Philip Upchurch on guitar and Cornell Muldrow on organ.

"You Can't Sit Down"
Single by The Dovells
from the album You Can't Sit Down[1]
ReleasedJune 18 1963
Recorded1959
GenreRock[2]
LabelParkway
Songwriter(s)Dee Clark, Kal Mann, Cornell Muldrow[1]

Background edit

The song references "South Street", which is the same good-time area the Orlons sang about in their 1963 recording of the same name. The Orlons and the Dovells, who later recorded the most popular version, were both from Philadelphia, and recorded for Cameo-Parkway Records.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Allmusic song info
  2. ^ Porter, James (2001). "The Hardy Boys". In Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (eds.). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Los Angeles: Feral House. pp. 211–213.
  3. ^ JMS. "Artist: The Dovells (Canary) You can't sit down / Wildwood days". secondhandsongs. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles. 12th edition, 2009, p. 1013.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 170.
  6. ^ Allmusic chart history
  7. ^ "You Can't Sit Down". Brucebase. Retrieved 28 March 2020.