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Foolish Little Girl (song)
"Foolish Little Girl"
Single by The Shirelles
from the album Foolish Little Girl
B-side"Not For All the Money in the World"
ReleasedMarch 1963
GenreR&B
Length2:19
LabelScepter 1248
Songwriter(s)Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield
Producer(s)Luther Dixon, Stan Greenberg
The Shirelles singles chronology
"Everybody Loves a Lover"
(1962)
"Foolish Little Girl"
(1963)
"Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye"
(1963)

"Foolish Little Girl" is a song written by Helen Miller and Howard Greenfield and performed by The Shirelles. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 on the R&B chart, and No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963.[1] The song appeared on their 1963 album, Foolish Little Girl[2] and was ranked No. 57 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.[3]

Background

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Cash Box described it as "a most attractive, easy beat cha cha romancer."[4] The song released as a single was a demo recorded at Associated Studios in NYC on 7th Avenue.

Personnel

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The Shirelles' version

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  • Lead vocals by Shirley Owens and Beverly Lee
  • Spoken intro by Doris Coley
  • Backing vocals by Addie "Micki" Harris, Doris Coley, and Beverly Lee
  • Charles Macey: Guitar, upright bass
  • Buddy Saltzman: Drums
  • Leroy Glover: Organ

Chart performance

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Chart (1963) Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Chart)[5] 8
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 38
US Billboard Hot 100 4
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 9

Other versions

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  • French-Vietnamese singer Tiny Yong released a French language cover of the song, Tais-toi petite folle, in 1963.[6]

In media

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