Feel So Fine

"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.[2]

"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
Songwriter(s)Leonard Lee[1]
Johnny Preston singles chronology
"Cradle of Love"
(1959)		 "Feel So Fine"
(1960)		 "Charming Billy"
(1960)

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",[3] No. 5 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Best Sellers in Stores",[4] No. 7 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart for "Most Played by Jockeys",[5] and No. 6 on Cash Box's Rhythm & Blues Top 15.[6]

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,[7] while reaching No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100,[8] No. 6 in Flanders,[9] No. 9 in Australia,[10] No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[11] No. 18 in the United Kingdom,[12][13] and No. 26 in Wallonia.[14]

Chart performance
Chart (1960) Peak
position
Australia[10] 9
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[11] 14
Flanders[9] 6
UK Record Retailer[12] 18
UK New Musical Express[13] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 14
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 9
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most[15] 8
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes[16] 9
Wallonia[14] 26

Kenny Vernon version

Kenny Vernon released a version of "Feel So Fine" as a single in 1972[17] and on the album Loversville in 1973.[18] Vernon's version reached No. 55 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.[19][20]

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. Hot 100 - Johnny Preston Feel So Fine Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  8. "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. Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine, Ultratop. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  10. David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending August 20, 1960
  11. "CHUM Charts – Chart No. 173". CHUM. August 22, 1960. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  12. Johnny Preston - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  13. "Best Selling Pop Records in Britain", Billboard, August 22, 1960. p. 14. Accessed October 14, 2015
  14. 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.
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