Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl

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Released 1961. "Duke of Earl" sold one million copies in a little over a month, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. After the song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard charts, Chandler purchased a cape, monocle, cane and top hat and advertised himself as the Duke of Earl.

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supersnipe · 61-69, M

Great record! Did not appear on UK charts, not sure if it was even released here, but it turns up on compilations as do many US hits. I didn't know about the aristocratic dress 😀 that's a fun touch.

Gene Chandler had some (mostly minor) hits here, the biggest being 'Get Down', No. 11 in...1979

hunkalove · 70-79, M

I was 11, very sick from tonsillitis and an ear infection that would leave me deaf in my left ear for the rest of my life. Every night I listened to the top 10 from KXOK in St. Louis. "Duke of Earl" was my favorite song. I watched it climb the chart but then one night it wasn't there, not at 10 or 9 or 8 or 7.... Gone forever, like most hits back then. But then there it was--#1! "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl!" Still one of the happiest moments of my life!

rinkydinkydoink · M

My first yr of high school - I remember it as being (perhaps) one of the last old-style doo-wop songs.

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