Career
His single "Itchy Twitchy Feeling," which was covered by his former band soon after it began attracting radio airplay, hit the United States. charts, reaching #5 on the Black Singles chart and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. Hendricks"s only other charting single, "Psycho," was a novelty song depicting a psychiatrist talking with a patient. Psycho peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960.
New York City disc jockey Doctor Jive (Tommy Smalls) was the voice of the psychiatrist on "Psycho." From 1961, off and on, through 2008, Bobby Hendricks worked as lead singer with Bill Pinkney"s Original Drifters and appeared with them on Public Broadcasting Service in the Doo Wop 51 television broadcast and Doo Wop Love Songs, singing "Stand By Maine" with Bill Pinkney, Charlie Thomas, and Ben East. King.
( that include at least one track by Bobby Hendricks).