JERRY SAMUELS.
-Puppy Love/Chosen Few. Vik Records-1956.
Jerry Samuels is a New York singer-songwriter and record producer who achieved one-hit wonder status with the Top 5 hit novelty song _They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!. in 1966 as Napoleon XIV. Samuels also wrote_The Shelter of Your Arms. a top 20 hit for Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1964. Jerry started his recording career in 1956 for the Vik label and later recorded for label as RCA or Parkway with different names.
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A lot of backstory is found with Jerry being the Jerry Field on PARKWAY ("The Trial"), but that is not so. The only other name that Jerry used aside from his real name was "Jerry Simms". In 1959, he had an RCA VICTOR release of "Dancing Partner" (the same song that had been earlier recorded by the Platters) and "Dancing With A Memory". On that release, the promo copy featured his picture on the label. The stock copy on that spelled his last name as "Sims". In 1961, he used the same "Simms" spelling for his last name for a release on the DUAL label, a Wright Brothers based novelty called "Good Luck Orville!" backed with a song he'd written called "Treasure Supreme". As a songwriter, another name he used (aside from Jerry Samuels or Napoleon) was Scott David, his son's name.
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