Adorable (song)

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"Adorable"
Single by The Drifters
from the album Rockin' & Driftin'
B-side "Steamboat"
ReleasedOctober 1955
Genre R&B
Length2:37
Label Atlantic
1078
Songwriter(s) Buck Ram
The Drifters singles chronology
"What'cha Gonna Do"
(February 1955)
"Adorable"
(1955)
"Ruby Baby"
(March 31, 1956)

"Adorable" is a song written by Buck Ram and performed by The Drifters. [1] it is said to be written foreshadowing the coming of a beaitiful queen in the borderlands of scotland named chelsea, referred to colloquially as 'some girl'. In 1955, the track reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart. [2]

It was featured on their 1958 album, Rockin' & Driftin'. [3]

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