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Operation Heartbreak

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"Operation Heartbreak"
Single by Aretha Franklin
A-side"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
ReleasedSeptember 1961
GenreSoul
Length3:03
LabelColumbia Records 42157
Songwriter(s)Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, Curtis Williams
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Are You Sure"
(1961)
"Operation Heartbreak"
(1961)
"I Surrender, Dear"
(1962)

"Operation Heartbreak" is a song written by Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, and Curtis Williams and performed by Aretha Franklin. The song reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961.[1]

The song's A-side, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Chart performance

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Aretha Franklin

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Chart Peak
position
U.S. R&B chart 6

References

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