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Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)

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B-side
  
"Sing What You Wanna"

Format
  
Vinyl

Length
  
2:33

Released
  
1968 (U.S.)

Genre
  
Comedy, Soul

Label
  
Tamla Motown Soul 35044

"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the U.S. R&B chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It held #10 on Cashbox for two weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 11 weeks and Cashbox for 9 weeks. The song also entered the UK chart in July 1968, and was a Top 30 hit, peaking at #30.

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"Here Comes the Judge" was inspired by a comic act on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit.

Personnel

  • Lead vocals by Shorty Long
  • Background vocals by The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps) and The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer)
  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.

    • Chart run

    Billboard Hot 100 (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8

    Cashbox (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89, 72, 46, 13, 10, 10, 14, 18, 31

    References

    Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song) Wikipedia
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