Tighten Up

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Tighten Up by Archie Bell & The Drells

About Tighten Up

"Tighten Up" was a 1968 song by Houston, Texas based R&B vocal group Archie Bell & the Drells. It reached #1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. It is ranked #265 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is one of the earliest funk hits in music history. "Tighten Up" was written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttier . It was one of the first songs that Archie Bell & the Drells recorded, in a session in October 1967 at the Jones Town Studio in Houston .

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About this song

Credited to: Archie Bell & The Drells
Album: 100 Greatest Soul · Track 52 of 53
Released: January 3, 2020
Duration: 3:11
On Last.fm: 58,855 listeners on Last.fm

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