| Sha La La | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Shirelles |
| Album: | Hear & Now |
| B-Side: | His Lips Get in the Way |
| Released: | March 1964 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Label: | Scepter |
| Producer: | Luther Dixon, Bob Irwin |
| Prev Title: | Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love with Me |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Thank You Baby |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
"Sha La La" is a song written by Robert Mosely (whose name is spelled "Moseley" on the record) and Robert Taylor.[1] The Shirelles released the original version of the song as a single in March 1964 in the US, reaching #15 on the U.S. R&B chart and #69 on the U.S. pop chart.[2] A cover by the British pop group Manfred Mann would follow that October, being the most notable version of the song, reaching Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and Number 12 on both the U.S. pop chart and the RPM charts in 1965.[3] Around the same time as the release of Manfred Mann's version, the song was adapted into French by Georges Aber and performed by French pop singer Sylvie Vartan, whose version was released as a single in October 1964 and reached Number 14 on the French Belgian charts.[4] [5]
| Sha La La | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Manfred Mann |
| Album: | The Five Faces of Manfred Mann (US only) |
| B-Side: | John Hardy |
| Released: | October 9, 1964 |
| Recorded: | September 22–23 1964 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Ascot, His Master's Voice |
| Producer: | John Burgess |
| Prev Title: | Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Come Tomorrow |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
The most successful version was performed by British pop group Manfred Mann. It reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart and #12 on both the U.S. pop chart and the Canadian chart in 1965.[6] It was featured on the US version of their 1965 album The Five Faces of Manfred Mann.[7]
Cash Box described it as "a delightful rock-a-rhythmic beat refitting of the Shirelles' few-seasons-back click."[8]
| Sha la la | |
| Type: | single |
| Language: | French |
| Artist: | Sylvie Vartan |
| B-Side: | Il n’a rien retrouvé |
| Released: | October 1964 |
| Recorded: | 1964 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Prev Title: | Mister Moonlight |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | L'homme en noir |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
In 1964, the song was adapted into French by Georges Aber and performed by French pop singer Sylvie Vartan, whose version was released as a single in October 1964 and reached Number 14 on the Ultratop Wallonia charts (French Belgium).[9] [10]