Saturday, October 23, 2010

Major Lance: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (1964)


Major Lance (April 4, 1939 - September 3, 1994) was an American R&B singer. After a number of US hits in the 1960s, including "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um", he became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s among followers of Northern soul. "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" was his biggest hit, reaching #5 in the US pop chart and #40 in the UK, where it was his only chart success. Billboard magazine did not publish an R&B chart during 1964, but Cashbox magazine charted this recording at #1.

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