Shoppin' for Clothes
| "Shoppin' for Clothes" | ||||
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| Single by the Coasters | ||||
| B-side | "The Snake and the Book Worm" | |||
| Released | September 1960 | |||
| Recorded | July 29, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic, New York City | |||
| Genre | Novelty R&B | |||
| Length | 2:57 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
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"Shoppin' for Clothes" is a novelty R&B song in the talking blues style, recorded by American vocal group the Coasters in 1960. Originally credited to Elmo Glick, a songwriting pseudonym of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who also produced the track, it was partly based on the 1956 song "Clothes Line (Wrap It Up)", written by Kent Harris and recorded by him as Boogaloo and his Gallant Crew. Harris later received a co-writing credit on "Shoppin' for Clothes."