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Sitting In the Park - Billy Stewart / GQ (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Sitting In the Park (Billy Stewart, 1965; GQ, 1980). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-01-30. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"
"Sitting In the Park," written by Billy Stewart, was Stewart's fourth entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing at the no. 24 position in the summer of 1965 (Whitburn, 2013), while rising to the no. 4 position on the Billboard R&B chart (O. Alexander, blackpast, Jun. 16, 2021). Unfortunately, on January 17, 1970, at the young age of 32, Stewart died in a car crash into the Neuse River in North Carolina, which was caused by "a dislocated or cracked thread of the left adjusting sleeve in the steering control area, creating this mechanical failure" (O. Alexander, blackpast, Jun. 16, 2021). In 1980, the group GQ recorded an almost identical version of the song, which missed the Billboard Hot 100 by one spot stalling at no. 101 but rose to the no. 9 position on the Billboard R&B chart (Last, 2023; Whitburn, 2013).
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Lyrics:
Sittin' in the park,
Waitin' for hooo-hoo-hoo-hoo sha-la
Yes I'm sitting right here
Waiting for you my dear
Wondering if you ever
want to show up
I don't know you're gonna show
My darlin' I got to go
But nevertheless I staying
You got to be waiting
Sittin' in the park,
Waitin' for hooo-hoo-hoo-hoo sha-la-la
Sitting here on the bench
With my back against the fence
Wonderin'-a-if I
Have any sense
Something tells me I'm a fool
Let you treat me so cruel
But nevertheless I say again
you gotta be waiting
Sittin' in the park,
Waitin' for hoooo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Why oh, why oh, why oh,
Why oh, why oh, why oh, why
Won't you tell me why
Oh my darlin I'm sittin' right now
Oh, girl, I want to know why?
Why? sha-la-la-la
Sittin' in the park,
Waiting for hooo-hoo-hoo-hoo sha-la-la
Sittin' here on the bench
With my back against the fence
Wonderin-a-if I
Have any sense
Something tells me I'm a fool
Let you treat me so cruel
Nevertheless I say it
You gotta be waiting
Sittin' in the park,
Waiting for hooo-hoo-hoo-hoo
No I'm not gonna wait
I am tired of waiting
No longer gonna wait, girl
Any longer
I'm tired of waiting
No longer gonna wait, girl
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