This is the original Checker release from 1958, when unaccountably the single failed to make the charts. (Checker had picked the record up from the small Note label, which had released the songs earlier in the year on Note 10012.) When re-released on Argo in 1961, the A side managed to hit the R&B top 40. But the enduring mystery is how the incredibly catchy B side failed to catch on. But wait! Someone was listening, for only 5 months later, the Dovells had a smash with a song called "Bristol Stomp" that is basically just a re-write of "Everyday of the Week". Not much comfort to P. Tyus, who wrote both of the Students songs, but hey... this was the early days of rock'n'roll when stealing hits from black artists was still pretty much tolerated. Still, one of the reasons this single rates so highly with doo-wop fans is the incredible, raw power of that young lead singer's voice as he starts to tell you the story of his frustrated love life. You gotta be able to remember being young to really understand, but as Dave Marsh says in explaining why it's at #254 in his list of the 1001 greatest singles, he manages to convey his life story in a very meaningful way here.
