Hey! Baby

From the one-hit wonder file, check out Texas-born singer/songwriter Bruce Channel.  Though Channel hit Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times in the 1960s, only once did he make the top 40.  That one song, though, went all the way to number one.  Exactly 50 years ago today, Channel’s debut single, “Hey! Baby,” topped the chart for the first week of its three-week run at number one.

If you don’t remember (or you’re too young to remember) “Hey! Baby” from its original release, you may also know it from when it was featured in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.