This catchy dance tune was the Orlons' highest charting 45 rpm record that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #2 in July 1962.
-NW

The Original Orlons - The Wah-Watusi-7/10/16
Jim Allen
July 11, 2016

Performed live at the Rose Tree Summer Festival in Media, PA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUW2EfB8Ag

Viewer comments:

@josephbacon4869

My father in law Kal Mann wrote South Street and wah wah Watusi for the Orlons, and if he was still with us, he would love this Video!!!

@FriendofDorothy
As I recall "The Wah-Watusi" was part of the soundtrack to the movie "The Help". The Orlons' hits sound just as crisply arranged and perfectly produced today as they did when released in the '60s. I loved this single and played both sides. The flip was a really lovely ballad called "Holiday Hill". Their biggest hits were (I think) South Street, Don't Hang Up. The Wah Watusi, Not Me, and Crossfire, but they also charted with Mr. Twenty One, Shimmy Shimmy, and a few others.

@donaldperrotta8514
So good !!!!! back when my dad would take me to the local bowling alley and this song was blaring out of the juke box !!!!!! Incredible memories