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Lady Bump

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A-side
  
"Lady Bump"

Format
  
Vinyl record (7")

Label
  
Jupiter Records

Released
  
1975

Genre
  
Pop, disco

B-side
  
"The Lady Bumps On" (instrumental)

"Lady Bump" was a pop disco single in the mid-1970s. It was a major hit for Austrian singer Penny McLean who was formerly with Silver Convention.

Contents

About the single

The single backed with "The Lady Bumps On" was released on the Jupiter record label cat - 16 069 AT in June 1975.

The single reached the 3 million mark. For its popularity in New York discos, the track backed with "The Lady Bumps On" was rated number 14 by November 1975. In January 1976, it debuted on the Cashbox pop singles charts, peaking at #61. In July 1976, "Lady Bump" rated no 7 in Australia's 2S Music Survey.

Other versions

In 1976, a group called January covered the song backed with a version of "Fly, Robin, Fly". Also in the same year, Czechoslovakian singer Skupina Pavla Lišky released it as "Hrej Mi Bump" bw "Daimonion". A version of the song b with "Hallelujah Day" was recorded by an Italian singer using the name of Betty McNolan and there were some similarities in the presentation of the single as well. In 1977, Eiri Thrasher recorded it as well. It was released on the single, "Turn The Beat Around", "Lady Bump" / "Hey Girls Gather Round".

Later versions have been recorded by Lina Hedlund. It has also been performed by comedy duo Kath & Kim.

References

Lady Bump Wikipedia