| 词条 | Whodunit (song) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Whodunit | cover = Whodunit_-_Tavares.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tavares | album = Love Storm | B-side = Fool of the Year | released = March 1977 | format = 45 RPM | recorded = 1977 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, Soul | length = | label = Capitol | writer = Freddie Perren Keni St. Lewis | producer = Freddie Perren | prev_title = Don't Take Away the Music | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = More Than a Woman | next_year = 1978 }} "Whodunit", written by Keni St. Lewis and Freddie Perren, was a hit song for American R&B/disco group Tavares in 1977. Released from their album Love Storm, it spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart in May 1977 and peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart[1] and in the UK peaked at number 5 the week ending 7 May 1977, where it stayed for 2 weeks.[2] "Whodunit" was re-released in February 1986. The lyrical hook to the song was the repeated query "Whodunit? / Who stole my baby?" The singer then appealed to a series of famous fictional detectives to help "solve" the case, including Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, Ellery Queen, McCloud, Kojak, Baretta and Dirty Harry. The gimmick was reminiscent of "Searchin'", a 1957 single by The Coasters which also invoked a series of lawmen to track down a missing love interest. Chart performance{{col-begin|width=65%}}{{col-2}}Weekly singles charts
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References1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=567}} 2. ^UK release Capitol CL 15914 Whodunit (St. Lewis / Perren) / Fool Of The Year (F Tavares / St. Lewis) 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5502b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=bp28h8sjmej8f7eteut33h36g7 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13}} 4. ^https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1977&cat=s 5. ^NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 31 July 1977 6. ^{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=236}} 7. ^https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1977&cat=s 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1977.shtml |title=Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts |website=Uk-charts.top-source.info |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1977wye.htm |title=1977 Year End |website=Bullfrogspond.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-13}} External links
9 : 1977 songs|1977 singles|1986 singles|Capitol Records singles|Tavares (group) songs|Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles|European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles|Songs written by Freddie Perren|Soul songs |
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