Hooray for Hazel

{{Infobox song

| name = Hooray for Hazel

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Tommy Roe

| album = Sweet Pea

| B-side = Need Your Love

| released = September 1966

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| genre = Pop rock

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=28}}

| label = ABC Records 10852

| writer = Tommy Roe

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| prev_title = Sweet Pea

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = It's Now Winters Day

| next_year = 1966

}}

"Hooray for Hazel" is a song written and performed by Tommy Roe with backing vocals by Lee Mallory.[http://www.45cat.com/record/4510852 Tommy Roe, "Hooray for Hazel" single release] Retrieved July 17, 2014 It reached number 1 in New Zealand,[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=nz New Zealand Chart Position] Retrieved July 17, 2014 number 2 in Canada,[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6822&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=s0h825j1kl5hpum2ifhbr20vg2 Tommy Roe, "Hooray for Hazel" Canadian Chart Position] Retrieved July 17, 2014 number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100,[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Hooray+for+Hazel+by+Tommy+Roe&id=46688 Tommy Roe, "Hooray for Hazel" Billboard Chart Position] Retrieved July 17, 2014 and number 28 in Australia,{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=34759& |title=Forum - Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 4 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} in 1966. It was featured on his 1966 album Sweet Pea.[http://www.discogs.com/Tommy-Roe-Sweet-Pea/release/3931568 Tommy Roe, Sweet Pea] Retrieved July 17, 2014

The song was ranked number 43 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1966.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1966|accessdate=July 17, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618210156/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1966.php|archivedate=June 18, 2014}}

Other versions

  • Teddy Robin and the Playboys released a version in 1967.[http://www.45cat.com/record/k821us Teddy Robin and the Playboys, "Hooray for Hazel" video] Retrieved July 17, 2014

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