Snap Your Fingers
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"Snap Your Fingers" is a song written by Grady Martin
and Alex Zanetis. It was originally recorded by gospel singer Joe Henderson
in 1962, whose version peaked at #2 on the R&B charts
and at #8 on the Hot 100 .
Grady Martin
Thomas Grady Martin was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly....
and Alex Zanetis. It was originally recorded by gospel singer Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (gospel singer)
Joe Henderson was an R&B and gospel singer, best known for his recording of 1962's "Snap Your Fingers". Joe Henderson was born in Como, Mississippi, and raised in Gary, Indiana. After working in gospel music, Hemderson signed with Todd Records in 1958. In 1962, he recorded "Snap Your Fingers"...
in 1962, whose version peaked at #2 on the R&B charts
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,...
and at #8 on the Hot 100 .
Cover versions
- Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1963 (George Clayborn vocal)
- Barbara LewisBarbara LewisBarbara Lewis , is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues.-Career:Lewis was born in Salem, near Ann Arbor, Michigan...
in 1964 - Dick CurlessDick CurlessRichard William Curless was an American country-music singer, a pioneer of the trucking music genre, commonly known as the "Baron of Country Music." He was easily distinguished because of the patch he usually wore over his right eye.-Biography:Curless was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, and moved...
in 1971 - Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
in 1974 - In 1987, Ronnie MilsapRonnie MilsapRonnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
recorded the song and it became his thirty-second number one on the country chart as a solo artist .