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3 unusual facts about Kind of a Drag


Kind of a Drag

The song was written by Chicago-based songwriter Jim Holvay, who had been performing with a group called The Mob, and spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1967.

The engineer at the first recording sessions held at Chess Records in Chicago was Ron Malo.

USA Records

While USA had a few regional hits, their biggest hit came in 1967 with the chart-topping "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams.



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