Limbo Rock
"Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jon Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker (on Parkway Records): it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (held out by Telstar by The Tornados) and at number one on the Cash Box charts. The Chubby Checker recording also made it to number three on the R&B charts.
Wikipage disambiguates
primaryTopic
Limbo Rock
"Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jon Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker (on Parkway Records): it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (held out by Telstar by The Tornados) and at number one on the Cash Box charts. The Chubby Checker recording also made it to number three on the R&B charts.
runtime (m)
2.3666666666666667
has abstract
"Limbo Rock" is a popular song ...... at #20 in the Billboard chart.
@en
b side
"Popeye the Hitchhiker"
record label
runtime (s)
Wikipage page ID
24,032,017
Wikipage revision ID
735,960,702
writer
Album
Last single
"Dancin' Party"
Next single
"Popeye the Hitchhiker"
released
This single
subject
comment
"Limbo Rock" is a popular song ...... umber three on the R&B charts.
@en
label
Limbo Rock
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Limbo Rock
@en