Foolish Little Girl (song)

"Foolish Little Girl" is a song written by Helen Miller and Howard Greenfield and performed by The Shirelles. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 on the R&B chart, and No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart in 1963. The song appeared on their 1963 album, Foolish Little Girl and was ranked No. 57 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.

Background

Cash Box described it as "a most attractive, easy beat cha cha romancer." The song released as a single was a demo recorded at Associated Studios in NYC on 7th Avenue.

Personnel

The Shirelles' version

• Lead vocals by Shirley Owens and Beverly Lee
• Spoken intro by Doris Coley
• Backing vocals by Addie "Micki" Harris, Doris Coley, and Beverly Lee
• Charles Macey: Guitar, upright bass
• Buddy Saltzman: Drums
• Leroy Glover: Organ

Chart performance

Other versions

• French-Vietnamese singer Tiny Yong released a French language cover of the song, Tais-toi petite folle, in 1963.

• Jin sampled the song on his song "Foolish Little Girls" from his 2005 album, The Emcee's Properganda.
• Dionne Bromfield included it on her 2009 album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield.

In media

• The song was used in Act II in the 2009 jukebox musical, Baby It's You!.

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