Fatback* – You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
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Tracklist
| You're My Candy Sweet | 7:04 | ||
| King Tim III (Personality Jock) | 6:13 |
Credits (1)
The Fatback BandProducer
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'King Tim III (Personality Jock) - The First Rap Song
The release of the song, 'King Tim III (Personality Jock)' actually predates the Sugarhill Gang’s multi-platinum seller 'Rapper’s Delight'... as the first commercially released rap song. Both “King Tim III” and “Rapper’s Delight” emerged during 1979, within months of each other, at the dawn of hip-hop. Whereas “King Tim III” failed to cross over from any R&B activity into the mainstream, never cracking the Billboard Top 40, “Rapper’s Delight” became a worldwide smash. (Fayetteville Observer, 2020).
The release of the song, 'King Tim III (Personality Jock)' actually predates the Sugarhill Gang’s multi-platinum seller 'Rapper’s Delight'... as the first commercially released rap song. Both “King Tim III” and “Rapper’s Delight” emerged during 1979, within months of each other, at the dawn of hip-hop. Whereas “King Tim III” failed to cross over from any R&B activity into the mainstream, never cracking the Billboard Top 40, “Rapper’s Delight” became a worldwide smash. (Fayetteville Observer, 2020).
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You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo, Light Green Label Uppers
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Spring Records – SP-D-402 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo, Pitman Pressing
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Spring Records – SP 199 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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King Tim III (Personality Jock)
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You're My Candy Sweet
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Stereo
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Spring Records – 2141 160 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", 45 RPM
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Polydor – POSP 78 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet
7", 45 RPM, Promo, Styrene, Pitman Pressing
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Spring Records – 2095 103 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Dark Green Label Uppers
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Spring Records – 2141 160 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet
7", Single, 45 RPM, PRC Richmond Pressing
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Spring Records – SP 199 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", 45 RPM, Stereo, Promo
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Spring Records – SP 199 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet
7", Single, 45 RPM
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Spring Records – SP 199 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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King Tim III (Personality Jock) / You're My Candy Sweet
7", 45 RPM, Stereo
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Spring Records – SP 199 | US | 1979 | US — 1979 |
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You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", 45 RPM
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Polydor – SP 199 | Jamaica | 1979 | Jamaica — 1979 |
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King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", Single
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Polydor – 20 95 220 | Spain | 1980 | Spain — 1980 |
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King Tim III (Personality Jock)
7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
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Polydor – 2095 214 | Brazil | 1980 | Brazil — 1980 |
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Recommendations
Reviews
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King Tim III : 25 March 1979
Rapper's Delight : 16 September 1979 -
Without a doubt, this was the first rap I heard, Kurtis Blow and Suagarhill Gang were released 1 year later. That single was released in 1979, the other two in 1980.
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Controversially regarded as the first mainstream rap single. "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by The Fatback Band was released a few weeks before Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight".
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