"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.The Shirelles, "Foolish Little Girl" Chart Positions Retrieved March 1, 2014 The song appeared on their 1963 album, Foolish Little GirlThe Shirelles, Foolish Little Girl Retrieved March 1, 2014 and was ranked No. 57 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.
Background Cash Box described it as "a most attractive, easy beat cha cha romancer." The song released as a single was a demo recorded at Associated Studios in NYC on 7th Avenue.
Personnel The Shirelles' version 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 Chart (1963)PeakpositionCanada (CHUM Chart)8UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)38US Billboard Hot 1004US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 9
Other versions French-Vietnamese singer Tiny Yong released a French language cover of the song, Tais-toi petite folle, in 1963. Eric Brightwell, "Thiên Hương (aka “Tiny Yong”)", EricBrightwell.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020
Jin sampled the song on his song "Foolish Little Girls" from his 2005 album, The Emcee's Properganda. Dionne Bromfield included it on her 2009 album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield.
In media The song was used in Act II in the 2009 jukebox musical, Baby It's You!.
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