Super Soul Sunday - Enjoy- 😊 Hope you’re having a great day! Tighten Up - Archie Bell and The Drells•1968 “Tighten Up” is a 1968 song by Houston, Texas–based R&B vocal group Archie Bell & the Drells. It reached No.1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. It is ranked No. 265 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is one of the earliest funk hits in music history. Archie Bell & the Drells was an American R&B vocal group from Houston an

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Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells

Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells was written by Archie Bell and Billy Butler after Butler demonstrated the "Tighten Up" dance to cheer up a despondent Bell. Recorded in 1967 with instrumental backing by the T.S.U. Toronadoes, the song was released on a regional Texas label before Atlantic Records picked it up for national distribution. It became a #1 hit on both the R&B and pop charts in 1968, selling over a million copies. Bell was drafted into the Army during the song's rise and first h