Snap Your Fingers

"Snap Your Fingers"
Single by Joe Henderson
from the album Snap Your Fingers
B-side	"If You See Me Cry"[1]
Released	1962
Format	45
Genre	R&B
Length	2:55
Label	Todd
Writer(s)	Grady Martin Alex Zanetis
Producer(s)	Paul Cohen
Joe Henderson singles chronology
"Right Now" (1961) "Snap Your Fingers" (1962) "Big Love" (1962)

"Snap Your Fingers" is a song written by Grady Martin and Alex Zanetis. It was originally recorded by gospel singer Joe Henderson in 1962, whose version peaked at #2 on the R&B charts and at #8 on the Hot 100.^[2]

Cover versions

"Snap Your Fingers"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album Heart & Soul
B-side	"This Time Last Year"
Released	1987
Format	45
Genre	Country
Length	3:03
Label	RCA
Producer(s)	Rob Galbraith
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"How Do I Turn You On (1986) "Snap Your Fingers" (1987) "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (1987)

• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1963 (George Clayborn vocal)^[3]
• Dean Martin in 1964
• Barbara Lewis in 1964
• Dick Curless in 1971
• Don Gibson in 1974
• In 1987, Ronnie Milsap recorded the song and it was his thirty-second number one on the country chart as a solo artist.^[4]

References

1. "Joe Henderson (2) - Snap Your Fingers / If You See Me Cry". Discogs.com. 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 252.
3. Townsend, Charles (1976). San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills. University of Illinois. p. 364.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 233.