Skip to content
Artwork for Cupid’s Boogie Johnny Otis & His Orchestra, Mel Walker, Esther Phillips

Cupid’s Boogie

Johnny Otis & His Orchestra, Mel Walker, Esther Phillips

7 sources

7 cited facts

  • 1950
  • 2:37
  • 121 BPM · C major

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Open in graph

  1. Released on Savoy Records, also Bird Gets the Worm (Charlie Parker), Bluebird (Charlie Parker) and Billie’s Bounce (Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers)

  2. Written by Johnny Otis, also Willie and the Hand Jive (Eric Clapton), Every Beat of My Heart (Gladys Knight & the Pips) and The Wallflower (Etta James & The Peaches)

Credits

All 6 credits
Written by
Johnny Otis
Performed by
Devonia Williams, Esther Phillips and Mel Walker
Part of
Just Can’t Get Free / Cupid’s Boogie
Released on
Savoy Records

Connected by credits

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Elsewhere

Sources (7)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Devonia Williams

    Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Devonia Williams

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Esther Phillips

    Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Esther Phillips

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Mel Walker

    Cupid’s Boogie was performed by Mel Walker

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie was written by Johnny Otis

    Cupid’s Boogie was written by Johnny Otis

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie is part of the release Just Can’t Get Free / Cupid’s Boogie

    Cupid’s Boogie is part of the release Just Can’t Get Free / Cupid’s Boogie

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Savoy Records is the label of the song Cupid’s Boogie

    Savoy Records is the label of the song Cupid’s Boogie

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Cupid’s Boogie was released on 1950-06

    Cupid’s Boogie was released on 1950-06

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026