A Little Bit of Jazz

"A Little Bit of Jazz" is a 1980 single by the group Nick Straker Band. The British band had their only American success with "A Little Bit of Jazz" when it hit number one on the Dance Chart for one week.[1] The single failed to chart on both the American and British top 40 charts, but it peaked at number thirty-five on the Soul Singles Chart.[2]

"A Little Bit of Jazz"
Single by Nick Straker Band
from the album The Nick Straker Band
Released1980 (1980)
Length5:27 (Album Version)
LabelCBS (UK)
Prelude (US)
Songwriter(s)Andy Gierus, Nicholas Bailey
Nick Straker Band singles chronology
"Leaving on the Midnight Train"
(1980)
"A Little Bit of Jazz"
(1980)
"Like Dust"
(1982)

Track listings

1981 release

12" vinyl
  • US: Prelude / PRL D 612
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."A Little Bit of Jazz"5:24
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Space Age"3:52

Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart
US Billboard Hot 100
US Billboard Black Singles #35
US Billboard Club Play Singles #1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 247.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 553.
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