Feel So Fine

"Feel So Fine"
Single by Johnny Preston
from the album Come Rock With Me
B-side"I'm Starting to Go Steady"
Released1960
GenreRock and roll
Length2:06
LabelMercury
SongwriterLeonard Lee
Johnny Preston singles chronology
"Cradle of Love"
(1960)		 "Feel So Fine"
(1960)		 "Charming Billy"
(1960)

"Feel So Fine" is a song released in 1960 by Johnny Preston. The song is a reworking of the 1955 song "Feel So Good" by Shirley & Lee, with modified lyrics.

Shirley & Lee version

Shirley & Lee's "Feel So Good" reached No. 2 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played in Juke Boxes", No. 5 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Best Sellers in Stores", No. 7 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played by Jockeys", and No. 6 on Cash Box's Rhythm & Blues Top 15.

Johnny Preston version

Johnny Preston's version was released in 1960, and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 14, while reaching No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100, No. 6 in Flanders, No. 9 in Australia, No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, No. 18 in the United Kingdom, and No. 26 in Wallonia.

Chart performance

Chart (1960) Peak
position
Australia 9
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) 14
Flanders 6
UK Record Retailer 18
UK New Musical Express 18
US Billboard Hot 100 14
US Cash Box Top 100 9
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most 8
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes 9
Wallonia 26

Kenny Vernon version

Kenny Vernon released a version of "Feel So Fine" as a single in 1972 and on the album Loversville in 1973. Vernon's version reached No. 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

References

  1. ↑ Feel So Fine - By: Johnny Preston, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 25, 2015
  2. ↑ Singer Johnny Preston dies at 71, Variety, March 6, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Most Played in Juke Boxes", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 26, 1955. p. 48. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rhythm & Blues Records - Best Sellers in Stores", Billboard, November 5, 1955. p. 46. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, February 4, 1956. p. 32. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Hot 100 - Johnny Preston Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending August 20, 1960". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  10. 1 2 David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 20, 1960
  11. 1 2 "CHUM Charts – Chart No. 173". CHUM. August 22, 1960. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  12. 1 2 Johnny Preston - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Best Selling Pop Records in Britain", Billboard, August 22, 1960. p. 14. Accessed October 14, 2015
  14. 1 2 Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Records Disc Jockeys Played Most", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, August 20, 1960. p. 33. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Radio Action and Pick Singles", Billboard, December 23, 1972. p. 49. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Loversville – Kenny Vernon". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  19. ↑ Hot Country Songs - Kenny Vernon Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, February 17, 1973. p. 26. Retrieved April 5, 2018.