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Black Slacks

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B-side
  
"Boppin' Rock Boogie"

Genre
  
Rockabilly

Label
  
ABC-Paramount 9837

Released
  
July 1957

Length
  
2:05

Writer(s)
  
Joe Bennett, Jimmy Denton

"Black Slacks" is a song written by Joe Bennett and Jimmy Denton and performed by Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones. It reached #11 on the R&B chart and #17 on the Billboard pop chart in 1957.

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The single ranked #100 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1957.

The rockabilly band Jackslacks adopted their name from the song "Black Slacks".

Other versions

  • Buchanan & Goodman sampled the song on their 1957 single, "Santa and the Satellite".
  • Robert Gordon released a version of the song as a single in 1979 which did not chart.
  • Matchbox released a version of the song as a single in the United Kingdom in 1979 which did not chart.
  • Simon & Garfunkel released a version of the song as a medley with their song "Hey, Schoolgirl" on their 1997 compilation album, Old Friends.

    • In media

  • The Sparkletones version was featured in the 1975 film, Crazy Mama.
  • The Sparkletones version was featured in the 1990 film, The Rescuers Down Under.

    • References

    Black Slacks Wikipedia
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