The In-Crowd - The Shoop Shoop Song

South Africa’s The In-Crowd and their take the song written and composed by Rudy Clark. It was first released as a single in 1963 by Merry Clayton that did not chart. The song was made a hit a year later when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit No. 1 on the Cashbox magazine R&B charts with it in 1964. Recorded by dozens of artists and groups around the world in the decades since, the song became an international hit once again when remade by Cher in 1990.
South Africa’s the In-Crowd, featuring a young Clive Calder who would go onto become one of the wealthiest record executives and businessmen primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records.

The In-Crowd – ““The Shoop Shoop Song”.
Flip side, ”In”. Composed by Clive Calder & Roy Naturman. Released on the Parlophone label, SPD 394, 1966.

Line up:
Barry Mitchell – Guitar, Vocals
Clive Calder – Bass
Ivor Back – Drums
Roy Jabber – Sax
Roy Naturman – Keyboards, Vocals

Produced by Vic Kulling

Publisher: Belinda Jhb.

[markymarc]

The B-side on this one ('In') is a great mod r+b raver.