Whodunit (song)

"Whodunit"
Single by Tavares
from the album Love Storm
B-side "Fool of the Year"
Released March 1977
Format 45 RPM
Recorded 1977
Genre Pop, Soul
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Freddie Perren
Keni St. Lewis
Producer(s) Freddie Perren
Tavares singles chronology
"Don't Take Away the Music"
(1976)		 "Whodunit"
(1977)		 "More Than a Woman"
(1978)

"Don't Take Away the Music"
(1976)		 "Whodunit"
(1977)		 "More Than a Woman"
(1978)

"Whodunit", written by Keni St. Lewis and Freddie Perren, was a hit song for American R&B/disco group Tavares in 1977. Released from their album Love Storm, it spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart in May 1977 and peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart[1] and in the UK peaked at number 5 the week ending 7 May 1977, where it stayed for 2 weeks.[2] "Whodunit" was re-released in February 1986.

The lyrical hook to the song was the repeated query "Whodunit? / Who stole my baby?" The singer then appealed to a series of famous fictional detectives to help "solve" the case, including Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, Ellery Queen, McCloud, Kojak, Baretta and Dirty Harry. The gimmick was reminiscent of "Searchin'", a 1957 single by The Coasters which also invoked a series of lawmen to track down a missing love interest.

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
  2. ↑ UK release Capitol CL 15914 Whodunit (St. Lewis / Perren) / Fool Of The Year (F Tavares / St. Lewis)
  3. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  4. ↑ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 31 July 1977
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 236.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  7. ↑ "1977 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
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