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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the singer. For the New Hampshire state representative, see <a href="Gene_G._Chandler" title="Gene G. Chandler">Gene G. Chandler</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Gene Chandler</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Eugene Drake Dixon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The Duke of Earl, the Duke</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1937-07-06</span>) </span>July 6, 1937<br><a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">

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<li><a href="Disco" title="Disco">disco</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>Singer-songwriter</li>

<li>record producer</li>

<li>record company executive</li>

<li>music publisher</li></ul>

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<p><b>Gene Chandler</b> (born <b>Eugene Drake Dixon</b>; July 6, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive. Chandler is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke." He is best known for his most successful songs, "<a href="Duke_of_Earl" title="Duke of Earl">Duke of Earl</a>" and "<a href="Groovy_Situation" title="Groovy Situation">Groovy Situation</a>", and his association with the Dukays, <a href="The_Impressions" title="The Impressions">the Impressions</a>, and <a href="Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a>.

</p><p>Chandler is a <a href="Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> inductee and a recipient of the <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues_Foundation" title="Rhythm and Blues Foundation">Rhythm and Blues Foundation</a>'s Pioneer Award.<sup id="cite_ref-soulwalking.co.uk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soulwalking.co.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is one of the few singers to achieve chart success spanning the <a href="Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a>, <a href="Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a>, <a href="Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> and <a href="Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> musical eras, with some top-40 pop and R&B <a href="Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart</a> hits between 1961 and 1986. Chandler was inducted as a performer into the <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame">Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame</a> on August 24, 2014. In 2016, he became a double inductee in the R&B Music Hall of Fame with his induction as an R&B music pioneer.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2></div>

<p>Chandler was born Eugene Drake Dixon in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> on July 6, 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AMbio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMbio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="Englewood_Technical_Prep_Academy" title="Englewood Technical Prep Academy">Englewood High School</a> on the city's <a href="South_Side%2C_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">South Side</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-soulwalking.co.uk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soulwalking.co.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chandler began performing during the early 1950s with the Gaytones. He joined the Dukays with James Lowe, Shirley Jones, <a href="Earl_Edwards_(songwriter)" title="Earl Edwards (songwriter)">Earl Edwards</a> and Ben Broyles in 1957, soon becoming their lead singer. After being drafted into the <a href="United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a>, Chandler returned to Chicago in 1960 and rejoined the Dukays.<sup id="cite_ref-soulwalking.co.uk_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soulwalking.co.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

<p>The Dukays were offered a recording contract by Nat Records and recorded a single, "The Girl Is a Devil" (1961), with producers <a href="Carl_Davis_(record_producer)" title="Carl Davis (record producer)">Carl Davis</a> and <a href="Bill_Sheppard_(music_producer)" title="Bill Sheppard (music producer)">Bill "Bunky" Sheppard</a>. This was followed by a session in August 1961 which resulted in four songs, including "Nite Owl" and "Duke of Earl". Nat Records released "Nite Owl", and it became an R&B success by the end of the year. Davis and Sheppard shopped "Duke of Earl" to <a href="Vee-Jay_Records" title="Vee-Jay Records">Vee-Jay Records</a>, which released it in 1962 by Dixon (known as Gene Chandler).

</p><p>"Duke of Earl" sold one million copies in a little over a month,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was awarded a <a href="Music_recording_certification" title="Music recording certification">gold disc</a> by the <a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M143_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M143-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the song spent three weeks at <a href="Chart-topper" class="mw-redirect" title="Chart-topper">number one</a> on the <a href="Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts"><i>Billboard</i> charts</a>, Chandler purchased a cape, <a href="Monocle" title="Monocle">monocle</a>, cane and top hat and advertised himself as the Duke of Earl. He appeared in costume singing "Duke of Earl" in <i><a href="Don't_Knock_the_Twist" title="Don't Knock the Twist">Don't Knock the Twist</a></i>, a 1962 film featuring <a href="Chubby_Checker" title="Chubby Checker">Chubby Checker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chandler's concerts became popular, and he performed encores – usually "<a href="Rainbow_(Curtis_Mayfield_song)" title="Rainbow (Curtis Mayfield song)">Rainbow</a>", a <a href="Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a> song.

</p><p>Chandler left Vee-Jay in the autumn of 1963 and recorded for <a href="Constellation_Records_(Chicago)" title="Constellation Records (Chicago)">Constellation Records</a>, another Chicago company. After Constellation went bankrupt in 1966, he was contracted to <a href="Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess</a> and then to <a href="Brunswick_Records" title="Brunswick Records">Brunswick Records</a>; for a time, Chess and Brunswick alternated in releasing Chandler's recordings. He had Top-20 hits with Constellation with "Just Be True" (1964) and "Nothing Can Stop Me" (1965), both written by Curtis Mayfield and produced by Carl Davis.

</p><p>Other successes included "What Now," "Rainbow," "I Fooled You This Time," "Think Nothing About It," "A Man's Temptation," "To Be a Lover," "Rainbow '65" (recorded live at <a href="The_Regal_Theater_(Chicago%2C_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Regal Theater (Chicago, Illinois)">Chicago's Regal Theater</a>), "Bless Our Love" and "You Can't Hurt Me No More."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chandler was also successful with his <a href="Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover version</a> of <a href="James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a>'s "There Was a Time" and "You Threw a Lucky Punch", released as an <a href="Answer_song" title="Answer song">answer song</a> to <a href="Mary_Wells" title="Mary Wells">Mary Wells</a>' <a href="Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a> hit "<a href="You_Beat_Me_to_the_Punch" title="You Beat Me to the Punch">You Beat Me to the Punch</a>".

</p><p>After several years performing concerts, Chandler decided to become more involved with music production. He formed a production company and two record labels: Bamboo and Mister Chand. Chandler produced a hit with "Groovy Situation", released on <a href="Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a> in 1970, which reached number 12 on the <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and number eight on the <i><a href="Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a> charts: his second-greatest success, after "Duke of Earl". "Groovy Situation" sold over a million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA in November of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-M275_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M275-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Chandler had produced "Backfield in Motion" in 1969 for <a href="Mel_and_Tim" title="Mel and Tim">Mel and Tim</a> on Bamboo Records, which reached number three on the R&B chart and the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. He followed this in 1970 with "Good Guys Only Win in the Movies" for the duo; the song reached number 17 on the R&B chart and number 45 on the pop-music chart.

</p><p>Later that year, Chandler recorded the album <i>Gene and Jerry: One on One</i> with fellow Chicago artist <a href="Jerry_Butler" title="Jerry Butler">Jerry Butler</a>. He also was featured along with <a href="The_Impressions" title="The Impressions">the Impressions</a>, LeRoy Hutson and Curtis Mayfield on the live album <i><a href="Curtis_in_Chicago" title="Curtis in Chicago">Curtis in Chicago</a></i> (1973). Chandler sang on <a href="Arthur_Louis" title="Arthur Louis">Arthur Louis</a>'s album <i>Knocking on Heaven's Door</i> (1974), with <a href="Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>. A period with <a href="Curtom_Records" title="Curtom Records">Curtom Records</a>, a label co-founded by Mayfield, resulted in four self-produced singles; none charted.

</p><p>Chandler had some success with disco-style music during the late 1970s, making records with his former producer Carl Davis which included "Get Down", "When You're #1" and "Does She Have a Friend?" Appointed executive vice-president of Davis' <a href="Chi-Sound_Records" title="Chi-Sound Records">Chi-Sound Records</a>, he worked with reggae singer <a href="Johnny_Nash" title="Johnny Nash">Johnny Nash</a>. During the mid to late 1970s, a resurgence of interest in 1950s music and <a href="Pop_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop culture">pop culture</a> inspired <a href="Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">disc jockey</a> <a href="Wolfman_Jack" title="Wolfman Jack">Wolfman Jack</a> to organize a tour by vintage acts, including Chandler.

</p><p>"Duke of Earl" was <a href="Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">sampled</a> by <a href="Cypress_Hill" title="Cypress Hill">Cypress Hill</a> on "Hand on the Pump" from their album <i><a href="Cypress_Hill_(album)" title="Cypress Hill (album)">Cypress Hill</a></i> (1991), and Chandler's song "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" was sampled on their album <i><a href="Black_Sunday_(Cypress_Hill_album)" title="Black Sunday (Cypress Hill album)">Black Sunday</a></i> (1993). In 1997, he received a Pioneer Award from the <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues_Foundation" title="Rhythm and Blues Foundation">Rhythm and Blues Foundation</a>.

</p><p>In 1988, "Duke of Earl" was included on the soundtrack of <i><a href="Hairspray_(1988_film)" title="Hairspray (1988 film)">Hairspray</a></i>; "Groovy Situation" appeared on <i><a href="Anchorman%3A_Music_from_the_Motion_Picture" title="Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture">Anchorman: Music from the Motion Picture</a></i> (2004).<sup id="cite_ref-AMcred_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMcred-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, "Duke of Earl" was inducted into the <a href="List_of_Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award_recipients_(A%E2%80%93D)" title="List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D)">Grammy Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Duke of Earl" was selected by the <a href="Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> as one of its "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Chandler was honored in his hometown of Chicago by having a street named after him for his industry accomplishments, hit records, and his civic and philanthropic efforts for the city and its people.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>His son, Defrantz Forest, sings with the Motown group <a href="The_Originals_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Originals (band)">The Originals</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3></div>

<p>Solo releases and collaborations:<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</th>

<th rowspan="2">Album

</th>

<th colspan="2">Peak chart positions

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<th rowspan="2">Label

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</th>

</th></tr>

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<td>1962

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">69

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td>Vee Jay

</td></tr>

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<td>1965

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>Live on Stage in ‘65</i>

</td>

<td align="center">124

</td>

<td align="center">5

</td>

<td>Constellation

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="2">1967

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td>Brunswick

</td></tr>

<tr>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td>Checker

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1968

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>There Was a Time</i>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td rowspan="2">Brunswick

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1969

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>The Two Sides of Gene Chandler</i>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1970

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>The Gene Chandler Situation</i>

</td>

<td align="center">178

</td>

<td align="center">35

</td>

<td rowspan="2">Mercury

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1971

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>Gene and Jerry – One & One</i> <small>(with Jerry Butler)</small>

</td>

<td align="center">143

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1978

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">47

</td>

<td align="center">12

</td>

<td rowspan="4">20th Century-Fox

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1979

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;"><i>When You're Number One</i>

</td>

<td align="center">153

</td>

<td align="center">50

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1980

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">87

</td>

<td align="center">11

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1981

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1985

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<td style="text-align:left;"><i>Your Love Looks Good on Me</i>

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<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td>Fastfire

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<tr>

<td>1995

</td>

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td align="center">—

</td>

<td>Black Tiger Records

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;">"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>

<th rowspan="2">Year

</th>

<th rowspan="2">Single

</th>

<th colspan="3">Chart positions

</th>

<th rowspan="2"><a href="Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">Certifications</a>

</th></tr>

</th>

</th>

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1961

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"The Girl's a Devil"<br><small>The Dukays</small>

</td>

<td>64

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="4">1962

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="Duke_of_Earl" title="Duke of Earl">Duke of Earl</a>"

</td>

<td>1

</td>

<td>1

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Nite Owl"<br><small>The Dukays</small>

</td>

<td>73

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

</td>

<td>91

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Rainbow" /<br>"You Threw a Lucky Punch"

</td>

<td>47<br>49

</td>

<td>11<br>25

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1963

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Man's Temptation"

</td>

<td>71

</td>

<td>17

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1964

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Soul Hootenanny"

</td>

<td>92

</td>

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Just Be True"

</td>

<td>19

</td>

<td>4 (cb)

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Bless Our Love"

</td>

<td>39

</td>

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"What Now"

</td>

<td>40

</td>

<td>18

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="5">1965

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"You Can't Hurt Me No More"

</td>

<td>92

</td>

<td>40

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Nothing Can Stop Me"

</td>

<td>18

</td>

<td>3

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"(Gonna Be) Good Times"

</td>

<td>92

</td>

<td>40

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Here Comes the Tears"

</td>

<td>102

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Rainbow '65"

</td>

<td>69

</td>

<td>2

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1966

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"(I'm Just a) Fool for You"

</td>

<td>88

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"I Fooled You This Time"

</td>

<td>45

</td>

<td>3

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1967

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"The Girl Don't Care"

</td>

<td>66

</td>

<td>16

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"To Be a Lover"

</td>

<td>94

</td>

<td>9

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"There Goes the Lover"

</td>

<td>98

</td>

<td>46

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="5">1968

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Show Me the Way to Go"<br><small>Gene Chandler and <a href="Barbara_Acklin" title="Barbara Acklin">Barbara Acklin</a></small>

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>30

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Nothing Can Stop Me" <small>(reissue)</small>

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>41

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"River of Tears"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>19

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"There Was a Time"

</td>

<td>82

</td>

<td>22

</td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"From the Teacher to the Preacher"<br><small>Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin</small>

</td>

<td>57

</td>

<td>16

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1970

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="Groovy_Situation" title="Groovy Situation">Groovy Situation</a>"

</td>

<td>12

</td>

<td>8

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Simply Call It Love"

</td>

<td>75

</td>

<td>29

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1971

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"You Just Can't Win (By Making the Same Mistake)"<br><small>Gene Chandler and <a href="Jerry_Butler_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Butler (singer)">Jerry Butler</a></small>

</td>

<td>94

</td>

<td>32

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"You're a Lady"

</td>

<td>116

</td>

<td>14

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Ten and Two (Take This Woman Off the Corner)"<br><small>Gene Chandler and Jerry Butler</small>

</td>

<td>126

</td>

<td>44

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1972

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get to Go)"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>47

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1978

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Tomorrow I May Not Feel the Same"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>51

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Get Down"

</td>

<td>53

</td>

<td>3

</td>

<td>11

</td>

<td>

<ul><li><a href="British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>: Silver<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1979

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"When You're #1"

</td>

<td>99

</td>

<td>31

</td>

<td>43

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Do What Comes So Natural"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>73

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1980

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Does She Have a Friend?"

</td>

<td>101

</td>

<td>28

</td>

<td>28

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Lay Me Gently"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>73

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1982

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"I'll Make the Living If You Make the Loving Worthwhile"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>40

</td>

<td>88

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1983

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"You're the One"<br><small>Jaime Lynn and Gene Chandler</small>

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>89

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1985

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Haven't I Heard That Line Before"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>61

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1986

</td>

<td style="text-align:left;">"Lucy"

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>43

</td>

<td>—

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;">"–" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<li id="cite_note-fn2-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fn2_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".</span>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Gene%20Chandler.html">"Gene Chandler Page"</a>. Soulwalking.co.uk<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 18,</span> 2015</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eagle and LeBlanc, p. 70.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-AMbio-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AMbio_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFUnterberger" class="citation web cs1">Unterberger, Richie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000162820/Biography">"Gene Chandler Biography"</a>. <i><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFTate,_Gary2008" class="citation web cs1">Tate, Gary (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080427021632/http://www.livinblues.com/bluesrooms/genechandler.asp">"Gene 'Duke of Earl' Chandler"</a>. <i>Livinblues.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.livinblues.com/bluesrooms/genechandler.asp">the original</a> on April 27, 2008.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-M143-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-M143_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-M143_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Murrells, p. 143.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-knock-the-twist/">"Don't Knock the Twist (1962)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 11,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.enotes.com/topic/Gene_Chandler">"Gene Chandler – eNotes.com Reference"</a>. Enotes.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 5,</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-M275-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-M275_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-M275_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Murrells, p. 275.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-AMcred-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AMcred_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFUnterberger" class="citation web cs1">Unterberger, Richie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000162820/Credits">"Gene Chandler Credits"</a>. <i><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#d">"Grammy Hall of Fame"</a>. <i>Recording Academy Grammy Awards</i>. October 18, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 13,</span> 2020</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130530084314/http://www.scribd.com/doc/86280552/500-Songs-That-Shaped-Rock-Roll">"500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll"</a>. Scribd.com. March 22, 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/86280552/500-Songs-That-Shaped-Rock-Roll">the original</a> on May 30, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 10,</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1EO_-eRbw">"Gene Chandler Street Naming 2016"</a>. YouTube. December 3, 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/_Y1EO_-eRbw">Archived</a> from the original on December 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 24,</span> 2017</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-Larkin-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Larkin_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Larkin: "Gene Chandler".</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-Awards-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Awards_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Awards_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121203032120/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gene-chandler-mn0000162820/awards">"Gene Chandler - Awards"</a>. <i>AllMusic</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gene-chandler-mn0000162820/awards">the original</a> on December 3, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 29,</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitburn (2003), p. 118.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitburn (1996), p. 71.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Betts, p. 139.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">No <i>Billboard</i> R&B chart was published during this period</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/2485-3512-1">"Gene Chandler - Get Down"</a>. <i>bpi.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 21,</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFBetts2004" class="citation book cs1">Betts, Graham (2004). <i>Complete UK Hit Singles 1952–2004</i> (1st ed.). London: Collins. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-00-717931-6</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFEagleLeBlanc2013" class="citation book cs1">Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). <i>Blues - A Regional Experience</i>. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger Publishers. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0313344237</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFLarkin2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Colin_Larkin_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin Larkin (writer)">Larkin, Colin</a>, ed. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC"><i>The Encyclopedia of Popular Music</i></a> (5th ed.). London: Omnibus Press. Chandler, Gene. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780857125958</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFMurrells1978" class="citation book cs1">Murrells, Joseph (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr"><i>The Book of Golden Discs</i></a> (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-214-20512-6</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFWhitburn1996" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Whitburn, Joel</a> (1996). <i>Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995</i>. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFWhitburn2003" class="citation book cs1">Whitburn, Joel (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur"><i>Top Pop Singles 1955–2002</i></a> (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-89820-155-1</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li>Pruter, Robert. <i>Chicago Soul</i>. Urbana, IL: <a href="University_of_Illinois_Press" title="University of Illinois Press">University of Illinois Press</a>, 1991, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-252-06259-9</bdi></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012040053/http://www.bluejuice.org.au/subpage8.html">Gene Chandler interview</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wgnradio.com/2013/12/10/gene-chandler-the-duke-of-earl/">WGN Radio's <i>Pete Mc Murray</i> interviews the "Duke of Earl", <i>Gene Chandler</i>.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160109132028/http://wgnradio.com/2013/12/10/gene-chandler-the-duke-of-earl/">Archived</a> January 9, 2016, at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/94874">Gene Chandler</a> discography at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a> </li></ul>

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