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Hands Off

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"Hands Off"
Single by Jay McShann
B-side"Another Night"
Released1955
Recorded1955
GenreR&B
Length2:45
LabelVee-Jay
Songwriter(s)Jay McShann
Jay McShann singles chronology
"Hands Off"
(1955)
"I've Got News for You"
(1956)

"Hands Off" is a 1955 song written and recorded by Jay McShann. The single, on the Vee-Jay label, was the most successful Jay McShann release on the Billboard R&B chart. "Hands Off", with vocals performed by Priscilla Bowman, was number one on the R&B best seller chart for three weeks. The single is notable because this was the last single to hit number one on the R&B chart without making the Billboard pop charts until 1976. For the next twenty-one years, all singles which made the top spot on the Billboard R&B chart would make the pop charts.[1]

Preston Foster reworked "Hands Off" to create the 1956 song "Got My Mojo Working"[citation needed] popularised by Muddy Waters.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 392.