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Puppet Man (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Puppet Man'" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was originally recorded by Sedaka on his 1969 'Workin' on a Groovy Thing' LP. The first hit version was by The Fifth Dimension in 1970. The following year it was also a hit for Tom Jones.
The Fifth Dimension's original of "Puppet Man" reached #24 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100 in the spring of 1970.
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Tom Jones version
Tom Jones' version was released the following spring. It reached No. 26 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100, spending 10 weeks on the chart. For the first six weeks the single was backed with "Every Mile," then was changed to "Resurrection Shuffle", which also became a U.S. top 40 hit, reaching No. 38 and keeping the record on the charts an additional five weeks.
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