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Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #639: ” Holly Holy”- Junior Walker and The All-Stars. December 26, 1970.
- Single: ” Holly Holy”- Junior Walker and The All-Stars
- Record Company- Soul
- Genre: Soul
- Written by Robert Beavers, Johnny Bristol and Harvey Fuqua
- Time: 3:12
- B-side:”Carry Your Own Load”
- Album- A Gasssss
- Grade: B
- Peaked at #75 5 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
Junior Walker was born Autry Dewalt-Mixon in 1931 in Blythesville, Arkansas. Junior Walker and The All-Star’s had 21 Hot 100 singles with 12 making the Top 40. Their biggest hit was their first- the classic “Shotgun” #4 in 1965.
I like these obscure covers especially with a little sax thrown in for good measure.