It Happened 50 Years Ago: Jackie Lee “The Duck”
Louisiana-born singer Earl Nelson appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart a couple times in the early 1960s as half of Bob & Earl,though it took him going solo under the name Jackie Lee to reach the Top 40. Exactly 50 years ago, Jackie Lee’s only song to the hit the Hot 100, “The Duck,” climbed to a peak position of number 14, where it would spend two weeks.
