Single:
Move, Baby, Move entered the Australian singles chart* on 8 June 1963 and peaked at #1. It was #10 on the Top 100 of 1963.
Songwriters:
Matt Maurer, Wes Farrell
Record label of Australian release:
Leedon
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
O’Keefe’s tenure with Six O’Clock Rock (ABC) ended in mid-1961 and he moved to ATN-7 as compere of the Johnny O’Keefe Show. The show was a major success, but this only added to his already hectic workload and increased the pressure on him. In August 1962 he suffered another breakdown and spent two months in the psychiatric ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, beginning what was to become a repeating cycle of much-publicised breakdowns, hospitalisation and recovery. During his convalescence the TV show was renamed Sing, Sing, Sing and he was temporarily replaced as host by folk singer Lionel Long.
O’Keefe scored his fourth Australian #1 hit with Move Baby Move in July 1963. It was around this time that he parted ways with his backing group the Dee Jays, as he devoted more and more time to TV.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O’Keefe
Lyrics:
Move baby move, Get in the groove now, Move baby move
Get in the groove girl, Move baby move, Get in the groove now
Ah, let me tell ya girl, you’re lookin’ so fine, now
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