Released April 1959 Length 2:35 | Genre R&B/pop | |
B-side "Have You Ever Had the Blues" Writer(s) Harold Logan, Lloyd Price | ||
"Personality" is a 1959 R&B/pop hit with music and lyrics by Harold Logan and Lloyd Price. It was released as a single by Price. The single reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of Lloyd Price's most popular crossover hits. The song was also a #1 U.S. R&B hit, maintaining the top spot for four weeks. Billboard ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1959. The song reached #9 in the U.K..
As "Personalità", performed by Caterina Valente, it was a major Italian hit in 1960.
In 1967, Mitch Ryder got to #87 with a live medley of this song and Chantilly Lace.
Jerry Lee Lewis released a country and western version on his 1979 album, Jerry Lee Lewis. The song was covered by Annie Ross and the Renzettes in Basket Case 3: The Progeny. The Kidsongs covered this song on their "Let's Put on a Show" video and DVD.
A version of the song is heard in a 2010 TV commercial for NFLshop.com. the NFL's online retailer and also appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.