Cupid's Boogie

"Cupid's Boogie" is a 1950 song by Little Esther backed by bandleader, and writer of the song, Johnny Otis for Savoy Records which went to #1 on the US R&B Chart.[1][2]

References
  1. Billboard - Volume 83 1971 -- Page 28 In 1949 Johnny and Esther moved over to the Savoy label and had 3 smash hit with "Double Crossin' Blues" and followed it up with a booting "Cupid's Boogie" in 1950. In 1952 Otis folded things up for a while and Esther went out on her own ...
  2. Brian Ward - Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and ...0520212983 1998 "According to Los Angeles r&b bandleader Johnny Otis, Bandstand was at heart "an anti-Negro set up". Otis was a truly seminal ... among many others. In the 1950s, Otis recorded such hits as "Cupid's boogie" and "Willie and the hand-jive" .."


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