"Just One Look" is a song co-written by
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R&B singers
Doris Troy
Doris Troy (born Doris Elaine Higginsen; January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul". Her biggest hit was " Just One Look", a top 10 hit in 1963.
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and
Gregory Carroll. The recording by Doris Troy was a hit in 1963.
The Hollies
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,
Anne Murray
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and
Linda Ronstadt
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each achieved great success with the song. There have also been many other versions.
Doris Troy version
Background
Details vary as to how the
Doris Troy
Doris Troy (born Doris Elaine Higginsen; January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul". Her biggest hit was " Just One Look", a top 10 hit in 1963.
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version came to be released on
Atlantic Records
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. According to the book ''Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders'',
James Brown
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saw Troy performing in a nightclub (under her then-
stage name
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Doris Payne), and introduced her to Atlantic.
According to a more recent and detailed story in ''Soulful Divas'', Payne recorded a studio demo of the song and took it to
Sue Records
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first, but their lack of response led her to offer it to
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at Atlantic, where the label released the demo unchanged. The personnel included Ernie Hayes on piano, Wally Richardson on guitar,
Bob Bushnell
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on bass and
Bernard Purdie
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on drums.
[Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Let The Drums Speak!, 2014 pages 69-70.]
The single's release was the first time she started using "Doris Troy" as her stage name, though her
pen name
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remained Doris Payne.
The album also lists the surname Payne in the songwriting credits.
Reception
In 1963,
Doris Troy
Doris Troy (born Doris Elaine Higginsen; January 6, 1937 – February 16, 2004) was an American R&B singer and songwriter, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul". Her biggest hit was " Just One Look", a top 10 hit in 1963.
Life and career
She ...
scored her only hit on the U.S.
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart with "Just One Look". The song spent 14 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at No. 10,
[Doris Troy – Chart History – The Hot 100](_blank)
''Billboard.com''. Accessed December 22, 2015 while reaching No. 3 on ''
Billboard
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''s
Hot R&B Singles
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chart,
[Hot R&B Singles]
, ''Billboard
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'', August 24, 1963. p. 22. Accessed December 22, 2015. No. 8 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",
["Lever Hit Parade" 28-May-1964](_blank)
''Flavour of New Zealand''. Accessed December 24, 2015. and No. 1 on Canada's
CHUM Hit Parade.
[ Chart No. 335. CHUM.] It also charted at No. 9 on the ''
Cash Box
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'' Top 100, in a tandem ranking with the version by Andy and the Marglows, with Troy's version marked as a bestseller.
[Cash Box Top 100]
, ''Cash Box
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'', August 3, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
"Just One Look" was ranked No. 70 on ''Billboard''s end of year ranking "
Top Records of 1963", while being ranked No. 80 on ''
Cash Box
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''s "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1963",
[Top 100 Chart Hits of 1963]
, ''Cash Box
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'', December 28, 1963. p. 20. Retrieved April 18, 2017. and No. 11 on ''Billboard''s "Top R&B Singles for 1963".
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
In television advertisements
Doris Troy's version was featured in a 1991
Pepsi
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commercial starring
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, which was re-aired during
Super Bowl XXXV
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in 2001. An updated version of the ad, still featuring Cindy Crawford and Troy's rendition aired in 2002. In 2015, Troy's take was featured in an ad for
Aspartame
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Free
Diet Pepsi
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. A different version was utilized in a series of commercials for
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, beginning in 1979 and continuing into the early 1980s.
The Hollies version
Background
"Just One Look" became a hit in the
United Kingdom
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via a cover by
the Hollies
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which reached No. 2 on the ''
Record Retailer
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'' chart in April 1964. It became the 37th biggest hit of the year. Although not a major U.S. hit in its original release, the Hollies' "Just One Look" marked the first appearance of the band on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 at No. 98. A U.S. re-issue in 1967 reached No. 44 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
[Hot 100 – The Hollies Just One Look Chart History](_blank)
''Billboard.com''. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Linda Ronstadt version
Background
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...
included "Just One Look" on her 1978 album ''
Living in the USA
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Release
The album was originally released by Asylum in the L ...
''. Her cover was issued on
Asylum Records
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as the album's third single on January 23, 1979 and was produced by
Peter Asher
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. Ronstadt's single spent eight weeks on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching No. 44,
[Hot 100 – Linda Ronstadt Just One Look Chart History](_blank)
''Billboard.com''. Retrieved March 6, 2018. while reaching No. 5 on ''Billboard''s Easy Listening chart.
[Adult Contemporary – Linda Ronstadt Just One Look Chart History](_blank)
''Billboard.com''. Retrieved March 6, 2018. It also peaked at No. 46 on the ''
Cash Box
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'' Top 100
[Cash Box Top 100 Singles](_blank)
''Cash Box
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'', March 31, 1979. p. 4. Accessed July 14, 2016. and No. 54 on the ''
Record World
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'' Singles chart.
[Record World Singles]
, ''Record World
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'', March 24, 1979. p. 37. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Other versions
Anne Murray
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Murray was the fir ...
remade "Just One Look" for her 1974 ''
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'' album. The track was produced by
Brian Ahern and issued as a single that October. Her cover reached No. 11 on Canada's ''
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'' Top Singles chart, No. 12 on Canada's
CHUM 30, and spent two weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching No. 86. It also reached No. 50 on ''Billboard''s
Easy Listening
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chart. The single's
B-side
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, "
Son of a Rotten Gambler", reached No. 1 on ''RPM''s Adult Contemporary chart and No. 3 on ''RPM''s Country chart in 1974.
The
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-based disco band
Faith Hope and Charity released a cover, which spent four weeks on the
UK Singles Chart
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, reaching No. 38 on February 7, 1976.
Faith, Hope and Charity – Full Official Chart History
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. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
See also
*One-hit wonders in the United States
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*List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States
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