You Got Me Hummin' Explained

You Got Me Hummin'
Type:single
Artist:Sam & Dave
B-Side:Sleep Good Tonight
Released:1966
Recorded:1966
Genre:Soul
Label:Stax/Atlantic
S-204
Producer:Isaac Hayes
David Porter
Booker T. & the MG's
Prev Title:Said I Wasn't Tell Nobody
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
Next Year:1967

"You Got Me Hummin'" (also known as "You've Got Me Hummin'") is a popular song written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. It was first popularized by Sam & Dave, who had a Top 10 R&B hit with the song in 1966 on Stax Records.[1] [2] It was subsequently covered by Cold Blood who had greater success with the song on the American pop charts. Additionally, the song has been recorded by the Pointer Sisters, Reigning Sound, Freddie Fender and Delbert McClinton as well as J. Blackfoot. Billy Joel released the song several times: first in 1967, when in the band The Hassles and under the title "You've Got Me Hummin' [3] and in 1983 (live version, on the B-side of the 12" of "Tell Her About It" under the title "You Got Me Hummin'".) [4]

Selected recording history

Artist or groupPop R&B
Sam & Dave778
The Hassles112
Cold Blood52
J. Blackfoot
Freddie Fender and Delbert McClinton
The Pointer Sisters
Freddie McGregor

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S-List. staxrecords.free.fr. 2009-11-24.
  2. Book: Hirshey , Gerri . 1994. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music. Da Capo Press. New York. 311–312. 0-306-80581-2. registration.
  3. Web site: 52nd Street Serenade ♪♪: Just The Way They Were . Billyjoel52ndstreetserenade.blogspot.co.uk . 2016-01-01 . 2016-09-30.
  4. Web site: 52nd Street Serenade ♪♪: Singles & Videos . Billyjoel52ndstreetserenade.blogspot.co.uk . 2016-01-01 . 2016-09-30.