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Single:
Peppermint Twist entered the Australian singles chart* on 18 November 1974 and peaked at #4. It was #18 on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on Sweet Fanny Adams which entered the Australian albums chart* on 1 July 1974 and peaked at #33.
Songwriters:
Joey Dee, Henry Glover
Producer:
Phil Wainman
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS TRACK BELOW – original version by Joey Dee and the Starliters
Wikipedia:
Peppermint Twist was written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, recorded and released by Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1961. Capitalising on the Twist dance craze and the nightclub in which Dee performed (The Peppermint Lounge), the song hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1962.
The song was covered by the 1970s glam rock band Sweet, whose version topped the Australian singles chart in 1974, and was included in their successful album Sweet Fanny Adams.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint_Twist
Lyrics:
Well, gonna do a dance and it goes like this
(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
And the name of the dance is the peppermint twist
(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
On a night like this, the peppermint twist
(Pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)
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BONUS TRACK
Original 1961 version by Joey Dee and the Starliters
Peppermint Twist entered the Australian singles chart* on 23 December 1961 and peaked at #7. It was #74 on the Top 100 of 1962.
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