"Three Cool Cats" is a 1958 song written by

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" ( ...

. It was originally recorded by

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and released as the

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of their hit

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, "

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for their

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audition on New Year's Day in 1962 in

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. The Beatles'

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featured

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's vocals and

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on drums. The Beatles' manager,

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, personally chose this and the fourteen other audition numbers from the band's

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dance hall and rock club repertoire. The recording was included on the Beatles' ''

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''. The group also performed this song several times during the ''Get Back/Let It Be'' sessions of January 1969. None of these have ever been officially released by

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. Many other covers of this song have been recorded. Richard Anthony recorded it in French as "Nouvelle vague" (1958). It appears on the 2005

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album ''

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'', with vocals performed by Little Willie G (Willie Garcia).RootsWorl
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/ref> Japanese Garage rock band the 5.6.7.8's covered the song (with the title modified as "Three Cool Chicks") for their 1996 EP ''

Bomb the Twist ''Bomb the Twist'' is an EP by the Japanese rock band the 5.6.7.8's, released on January 11, 1996. The song " Woo Hoo" was featured in the 2003 film ''Kill Bill Volume 1'', directed by Quentin Tarantino and was subsequently featured in Vonage co ...

''. It is also featured on ''Stand Out/Fit In'', the 2007 studio album by the Basics, as well as on their 2010 live album. The song is also heard in the 2016 film '' Nine Lives''.

References

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