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Handy Man
"Handy Man" by Jimmy Jones
"I fix broken hearts, I know I really can"

In 1959 Jimmy Jones was peddling songs around the Brill Building in New York and cutting demo records. In early 1960 he ran into Otis Blackwell and showed him "Handy Man." Blackwell liked it and agreed to make a demo in exchange for 25% of the writng credit. When they presented it to Shalimar records, they agreed to record it in April. The song was released through Cub records, but nothing happened. Then, in October it started getting some play in Pittsburgh and it entered the Billboard Hot 100. On November 21st it hit #1, selling over 2 million copies. "Handy Man" would be a hit record two more times. In 1964 Del Shannon took it to #22. And James Taylor had a #1 hit with a slowed down version in 1977.

LYRICS:

Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come, comma
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey girls, gather 'round
Listen to what I'm putting down
Hey baby, I'm your handy man

I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule
I'm handy with love and I'm no fool
I fix broken hearts, I know that I really can

If your broken hearts need repair
Then I am the man to see
I whisper sweet things, you tell all your friends
They'll come running to me

Here is the main thing that I want to say
I'm busy 24 hours a day
I fix broken hearts, I know that I really can

If your broken hearts need repair
Then I am the man to see
I whisper sweet things, you tell all your friends
They'll come running to me

Here is the main thing that I want to say
I'm busy 24 hours a day
I fix broken hearts, I know that I really can

Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come, comma
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Comma, comma, comma, comma, come, come
Yeah, yeah, yeah
week debuted highest ranking Date Highest Rank Weeks in Top Twenty Weeks in Top Forty BillBoard Rank Cashbox Ranking GT rank
1960 1 18 2 1960 2 29 12 14 8 13 9