Foolish Little Girl (song)
"Foolish Little Girl" is a song written by Helen Miller and Howard Greenfield and performed by The Shirelles. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #9 on the R&B chart, and #38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. The song appeared on their 1963 album, Foolish Little Girl. The song was ranked #57 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.
| "Foolish Little Girl" | ||||
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| Single by The Shirelles | ||||
| from the album Foolish Little Girl | ||||
| B-side | "Not For All the Money in the World" | |||
| Released | March 1963 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | Scepter 1248 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield | |||
| Producer(s) | Luther Dixon, Stan Greenberg | |||
| The Shirelles singles chronology | ||||
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Rival or cover versions of the original song were released by several groups that same year including Clara Wilson (aka Alpha Zoe Hall) and The Cleftones (April 1963), Don Mercedes (July 15, 1963), The Chiffons (September 1963), the father and four son Filipino group The Rocky Fellers (1963), and The Cookies (1963). Two additional covers were recorded decades later by Shirley "Lady Rose" Alston (1977) and Dionne Bromfield (October 12, 2009).