I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song)
Introduction '''"I Like It Like That"''' is a song by Chris Kenner and Allen Toussaint, first recorded by Kenner, whose version reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1961.It was kept from the No.1 spot by "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis. This release also went to No. 2 on the R&B singles chart, also behind "Tossin' and Turnin'". The narrator of the song invites the listener to come with him to a happening spot named "I Like It Like That". The lyrics are mostly spoken in the verses, as well as saying the line: "The name of the place is".
Cover versions *In The Dave Clark Five's 1965 version, all the lyrics are sung. It charted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. ''Cash Box'' said that the Dave Clark Five play "the pulsating teen-angled terpsichorean-themed affair in a contagious warm-hearted bluesy style". ''Record World'' called it a "very tough rendition. "*Michael Landon performed it in the opening number of NBC's ''Hullabaloo'' (1965) *Loggins and Messina, on their 1975 album of cover songs, ''So Fine'' (US No. 84).
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