Album: Right Now (1963)

Charted: 49

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• Talk about my baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  She's a hot footin' baby
  There ain't no dance she couldn´t do
  She's my groovy little baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  
  A Bopa Bopa Lupelu
  A shake it, shake it, shake it, Lupe
  Wahtusi pretty baby
  C'mon and do the who-chee-coo
  Magic love, pretty baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  
  And if you wanna do the twist
  The Lupelu can put it down
  If you Wah Wahtusi
  She's the best for miles around
  She's my mash potato baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  
  A Bopa Bopa Lupelu
  A shake it, shake it, shake it, Lupe
  Wahtusi pretty baby
  C'mon and do the who-chee-coo
  Magic love, pretty baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  
  One, one more time
  A shake it, shake it, shake it Lupe
  Wahtusi pretty baby
  C'mon and do the who-chee-coo
  Magic love, pretty baby
  A little Latin Lupelu
  
  A little Latin Lupelu
  A little Latin Lupelu
  A little Latin Lupelu Writer/s: BILL MEDLEY
  Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Gregg Laughlin from CaliforniaGotta be Hal Blaine on drums.
  Who else sounds like that, right ?
• Guy Rossi from Merrimac MassI was a junior in high school when I first heard little Latin Lupe Lu and I have been a Righteous fan ever since
• Jennifur Sun from RamonaMy fav of the guys tunes, am wondering if that is the Wrecking Crew playing on it.
• Babbling Babette from Tulsa OkI still love this song by the Righteous Brothers. I also love the version by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Mitch was in fine voice on their single 45 rpm. I love how it was arranged. Their version is more of a party song & I love that!! I love the Righteous Bros. for their later hits, especially with Phil Spector.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 15th 1966, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels performed "Little Latin Lupe Lu" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
  The following month on February 27th, 1966 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #88; and five weeks later on April 3rd, 1966 it peaked at #17 {for 2 weeks} and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...
  It reaching #93 in Australia...
  Between 1965 and 1967 the group had seven Top 100 records; with three of them making the Top 10, "Jenny Take a Ride!'* {#10 in 1966}, "Devil With A Blue Dress" {#4 in 1966}, and "Sock It to Me - Baby" {#6 1967}...
  Mitch Ryder, as a solo artist, had four records make the Top 100...
  * On the same 'Bandstand' show the group also performed "Jenny Take a Ride!"

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