Butterfly (1957 song) 1957, where it spent two weeks, and also reached No. 14 on the US R&B chart. Butterfly (1957 song) "Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources. This was a pseudonym of Anthony Mammarella, producer of "American Bandstand". The original recording of the song by Charlie Gracie reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" chart, No. 10 on the R&B chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. A cover version by Andy Williams also reached No. 1
Hit the Road Jack Charles's sixth number-one on that chart. The song is ranked number 387 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 1976, Canadian band The Stampeders released a version of the song featuring DJ Wolfman Jack. The song reached number 6 in Canada and the top 40 in the US. Hit the Road Jack "Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues artist Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an "a cappella" demo sent to Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by the singer-songwriter-pianist Ray