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Birdland (Chubby Checker song)

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"Birdland"
Single by Chubby Checker
from the album Beach Party
B-side"Black Cloud"
ReleasedMay 1963
GenreRock and roll
Length2:16
LabelParkway
873
Songwriter(s)Kal Mann, Huey "Piano" Smith
Chubby Checker singles chronology
"Let's Limbo Some More/Twenty Miles"
(February 1963)
"Birdland"
(1963)
"Twist It Up"
(July 1963)

"Birdland" is a song written by Kal Mann and Huey "Piano" Smith and performed by Chubby Checker.[1] In 1963, the track reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 on the U.S. R&B chart.[2] In Canada "Birdland" and "Black Cloud" co-charted reaching No. 14,[3]

It was featured on his 1963 album, Beach Party.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Chubby Checker, "Birdland" Single Release Retrieved May 2, 2023
  2. ^ Chubby Checker, "Birdland" Chart Positions Retrieved May 2, 2023
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - June 10, 1963".
  4. ^ Chubby Checker, Beach Party Retrieved May 2, 2023