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" My Boy Lollipop " (originally " My Girl Lollypop ") is a song written in the mids by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. This is the original version of this song, originally spelled "My Boy Lollypop".

Georgia-born Josh Howell got his nickname after he lost a leg when he When the cleanest white-bread rock'n'roll singer of the late Fifties sings "no more Mr Nice Guy, no more Mr Clean" you know he's well in on the joke -- and that if you bought the album The jury will be out on "the worst album ever" until the judge directs it on exactly how we define the word "worst".

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It was decent enough hit for Gaye to get on shows with Little Richard and others. Another Mob-connected guy Corky Vastola who had music business interests heard it and gave it to Barbie Gaye, a white girl he'd heard singing on a street corner. Comments are restricted to registered users or subscribers only - make sure you enter an email address this site will recognise.

Share It. Post Comment. It comes off as proto-ska, if you will. For many "worst" would immediately be Graham Reid Aug 3, 1 min read Your browser does not support the audio element. Barbie was 14 at the time of this recording.

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Because we are so used to hearing the most famous versions of songs -- like Blue Hawaii by Bing Crosby which pre-dated Elvis by more than two decades or Al Jolson's earlier version of Are You Lonesome Gaye -- it can come as a surprise to hear the original song before a famous name or a freak hit took it into the wider domain.

For more one-offs, oddities or songs with an interesting backstory see From the Vaults. But eight years before that kicked-up version was the original, sung by year old Barbie Gaye great name! Get recommendations for other artists you'll love.

Millie Small did a remake in Read Barbie Gaye's bio and find out more about Barbie Gaye's songs, albums, and chart history. She changed it a little, skipped school to record it and the band gave it a kind barbie New Orleans rhythm -- and a persuasive sax solo -- which shifted it away from its doo-wop origins although you can still discern that in places.

A later version recorded by Jamaican singer Millie Small inwith very similar rhythm. It was first recorded in by American singer Barbie Gaye under the title "My Boy Lollypop". After that however, Barbie Gaye seems to be lost in the fog of time.