Promenade records- A "Sound-Alike" Recording Of "I Shot Mr. Lee"

The song "Mr. Lee" was a major hit, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B charts for 4 weeks. Later, after the Bobbettes failed to produce a hit after "Mr. Lee," they wrote the song (which is very similar) "I Shot Mr. Lee," which was then recorded and reached #56 on the charts. The real mystery is this record label only covered top-40 hits, which is odd considering that this song only peaked at #56, making this only a minor hit. The most likely theory is sometimes these labels covered songs beginning to show up on the charts that the label thought would become major top-40 hits by the time the record it was slated to appear on was pressed and distributed.