New Jersey-born actress and singer Pia Zadora landed three singles on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, all between 1982 and 1985. The most successful of these singles was “The Clapping Song,” which was her only single to hit the Top 40.
On this date in 1983, “The Clapping Song” reached a peak position of number 36, where it would spend two weeks. Today, Pia Zadora’s most successfully charting single is the Daily Eighties Flashback.