[audio http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2353824_pjsrd/03-Mixed-UpShook-UpGirl.mp3] Patty & The Emblems – Mixed Up Shook Up Girl (1964)
Happy be-lated March nostalgic music fans. I want to share some of my favorite “One Hit Wonders” for the reminder of the month! And “Mixed-Up, Shook-Up Girl” by Patty & The Emblems, on the Herald Record label, has got to be in the top 10 of my favorites in this category!
It is so unfortunate that with a great voice like Patty’s — the group did not go on to produce more hits. This was their only Top 40 hit: it peaked at #37 on both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.
Patty Russell (died Sept, 5, 1998), Eddie Watts, Vance Walker (died February 1, 2008) and Alexander Wildes (died Nov. 13, 1998) made up the awesome group in Camden, New Jersey.
TRIVIA: This great cut was written by session pianist Leon Huff who would join with Kenny Gamble in 1965 and creating the great team of Gamble & Huff of Philly International fame.
Mixed-Up, Shook-Up Girl Composed by Leon Huff
She’s a mixed-up shook-up girl yes she is
She’s a mixed-up shook-up girl yes she is
Am I crying because I’m happy
Or am I crying because I’m blue without you – yeah yeah
You took my heart and blew it away
Now you’ve gone and come what may
I’m a mixed-up shook-up girl over you
Am I crying because you left me
Or am I crying because I don’t know what to do
One day you said you’d never part
Am I sad or am I glad
I’m a mixed-up shook-up girl over you - Woah Yeah
Instrumental Interlude
One day you said you’d never part
Am I sad or am I glad
I’m a mixed-up shook-up girl over you – Woah Yeah
Oh yeah I’m a mixed-up shook-up girl over you
Woah Yeah I’m a mixed-up shook-up girl over you.
Love it!
BTW I found so-called lyrics on the net for this song and as soon as I saw them I knew they were totally wrong so I just wrote them from memory myself. Sure enough when I played the song I hit it! Hey, my Dad and I sung this song zillions of time when I was a teenager and it is amazing how these lyrics remain in our minds even though I can’t recall what I had for lunch just yesterday. 
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