  "yeh yeh" is a latin soul tune that was written as an instrumental by rodgers grant and pat patrick, and first recorded by mongo santamarÃ­a on his 1963 album watermelon man. lyrics were written for it shortly thereafter by jon hendricks of the vocal group lambert, hendricks & ross. this version of the song was taken to the top of the uk singles chart in january 1965 by georgie fame and the blue flames (b/w "preach and teach", columbia db 7428), breaking the beatles' long-term hold on the number one spot (of five weeks with "i feel fine"), and a month later appeared on the us billboard pop singles chart to peak at #21. interviewed after the 2003 jools holland spring hootennany, where he had played a "dynamite version" of the song, fame explained that the arrangement had been written by tubby hayes. other notable covers include those by pop/rock duo they might be giants on their mink car album, and matt bianco, who covered the song in 1985, reaching number 13 in the uk singles chart (the single version was then included in their second eponymous album in 1986, while the respective [[compact disc
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