Think Twice (Brook Benton song) explained

Think Twice
Cover:Think Twice (Brook Benton song).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Brook Benton
B-Side:For My Baby
Released:January 1961
Recorded:1960
Genre:Pop
Length:2:30
Label:Mercury Records
Prev Title:This Time of the Year
Prev Year:1960
Next Title:The Boll Weevil Song
Next Year:1961

"Think Twice" is a song by Brook Benton which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 18 in Canada in 1961.[1] [2] [3] The song was written by Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams, and Benton's regular songwriter Clyde Otis, and was released on Mercury Records with the B-side "For My Baby" also co-written by Clyde Otis, with Willie Dixon.

The song was covered by Antoni Williams in 1962, Jackie Edwards in 1966, and Claude Powell in 1977.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 2009 . Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . Records Research, Inc . 87 . 978-0898201802.
  2. Book: Lonergan, David F. . 2005 . Hit Records, 1950–1975 . Scarecrow Press . 225 . 0810851296.
  3. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - March 20, 1961.