"Wild One"
Single by Bobby Rydell
from the album Bobby's Biggest Hits
B-side"Little Bitty Girl"
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1960
GenreRock and roll
Length2:16
LabelCameo
Songwriter(s)Dave Appell, Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe[1]
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"We Got Love" / "I Dig Girls"
(1959) 		"Wild One" / "Little Bitty Girl"
(1960) 		"Swingin' School" / "Ding-A-Ling"
(1960)

"Wild One" is a song written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, and performed by Bobby Rydell. Session drummer Gary Chester played on the recording,[2][3] which was released as a single in 1960.

Chart performance

The song became a big hit for Rydell, spending 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No. 2,[4] and was kept from the No. 1 position by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith.[5] The song also peaked at No. 10 on the R&B chart.[6] Outside the US, "Wild One" went to No. 7 in the United Kingdom,[7] No. 11 in Australia,[8] and No. 2 in Canada, co-charting with "Little Bitty Girl".[9]

Chart performance

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 2
Hot R&B Sides 10
UK - Record Retailer 7
Australia 11
Canada (CHUM Charts) 2

References

  1. ^ Wild One - By: Bobby Rydell, MusicVF.com Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  2. ^ The Official Gary Chester Website - Discography - Angelfire Accessed July 24, 2015
  3. ^ Gary Chester, "The New Breed: Systems for the Development of Your Own Creativity", Hal Leonard Corporation, (1985)
  4. ^ Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 507.
  7. ^ Bobby Rydell - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 15, 2015
  8. ^ David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending April 16, 1960
  9. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - March 7, 1960".


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