"Tell Him" is an R&B song written by Carlton Black in 1963, and was sung by R&B artist

Patti Drew Patti Drew (born December 29, 1944, Charleston, South Carolina) is an American pop singer who achieved brief success in the late 1960s. Drew was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Evanston, Illinois, where she sang in church with her sisters, Lorr ...

, both of whom were residents of Evanston, Illinois. Black sings on the recording; his bass is heard singing "Bom-Bom-Bom-Do" at the start of the song.

Chart performance

"Tell Him" became a hit in Chicago and reached number 90 on both the ''

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'' and '' Cashbox'' pop charts. It entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on February 8, 1964. In 1967, after Patti Drew went solo, she recorded the song again and it reached number 22 on the ''Billboard''

R&B singles chart The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 p ...

, as well as #85 on the Hot 100.

References

1963 songs 1964 singles 1967 singles American rhythm and blues songs {{1960s-R&B-song-stub