Baby Scratch My Back
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"Baby Scratch My Back" is a 1966 R&B instrumental by blues
singer Slim Harpo
. The single was Slim Harpo's only number one on the soul singles chart, where it stayed for two weeks. "Baby Scratch My Back" also crossed over to the Top 40 and was Harpo's most successful of four R&B singles.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
singer Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo was an American blues musician. He was known as a master of the blues harmonica; the name "Slim Harpo" was derived from "harp," the popular nickname for the harmonica in blues circles.-Early life:...
. The single was Slim Harpo's only number one on the soul singles chart, where it stayed for two weeks. "Baby Scratch My Back" also crossed over to the Top 40 and was Harpo's most successful of four R&B singles.
Chart positions
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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