"Records. Composer Clark Gassman used the song as the basis for the theme song to the 1991 cartoon show Wish Kid. The Re-Bops recorded a Christmas cover version in 1995 their album ""Oldies for a Cool Christmas"". Some lyrics were changed to make it related to Christmas. The song is instead about children asking Santa for a doll. Chantilly Lace (song) ""Chantilly Lace"" is the name of a rock and roll song written by Jiles Perry ""The Big Bopper"" Richardson, who released the song in August 1958. The single was produced by Jerry Kennedy. Originally cut for Pappy Daily's D"
"June, 1958. It slowly began picking up airplay through July and August, and reached #6 on the pop charts spending 22 weeks in the national Top 40. In ""Chantilly Lace"", Richardson pretends to have a flirting phone conversation with his girlfriend; the record was comical in nature, with The Big Bopper presenting an exaggerated, but good-natured caricature of a ladies' man. In November 1958, he scored a second hit, a raucous novelty tune entitled ""The Big Bopper's Wedding"", in which Richardson pretends to be getting cold feet at the altar. Both ""Chantilly Lace"" and ""Big Bopper's Wedding"" were receiving top"
"early 1957. Chase also wrote the follow-up record, ""Jim Dandy Got Married"". He released an album on Liberty Records in 1957, ""The Explosive Lincoln Chase"", recorded with the Spencer Hagen Orchestra. In 1959, he met singer Shirley Ellis, and worked as her manager for the next few years. Contrary to some reports, they were never married. After collaborating on several unsuccessful singles, he wrote the song ""The Nitty Gritty"" for her, and it rose to #8 on the Hot 100 in early 1964. Several follow-ups written (or co-written) by Chase - ""(That's) What The Nitty Gritty Is"", ""The Name Game"","
"Lincoln Chase Lincoln R. Chase (June 29, 1926 – October 6, 1980) was an African-American songwriter and occasional recording artist. As a writer, his most notable songs were ""Such a Night"", ""Jim Dandy"", and several of Shirley Ellis' hits in the early 1960s including ""The Name Game"" and ""The Clapping Song"". Chase was born in New York City, the only child of West Indian immigrants. Lorenzo, his father, was born in Cuba and his mother, Edith (or Elizabeth), was a native of the British West Indies. He was raised in New York City. His wife was Monica D. Chase. His"
"Shirley Ellis Shirley Marie O'Garra (stage name: Shirley Ellis; married name: Shirley Elliston; 19 January 1929 [though her Social Security card shows 20 Jan 1927] – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin. She is best known for her novelty hits ""The Nitty Gritty"" (1963) (US no. 8), ""The Name Game"" (1964) (US no. 3) and ""The Clapping Song"" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). ""The Clapping Song"" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by"
"1958. On the ""Cash Box"" chart, ""Chantilly Lace"" reached number four. A 1972 version by Jerry Lee Lewis was for three weeks a No.1 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart and a top fifty pop hit in the US and a Top 40 pop hit in the UK. The song is about a young man flirting with his girlfriend on the telephone, including: Chantilly lace and a pretty face And a pony tail hangin' down A wiggle in the walk and a giggle in the talk Make the world go 'round. The song begins with the sound of"
"1968 in an automobile accident while traveling in Texas. He married Mona Evans in 1971. Notes A^ ""May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"" also peaked at number 4 on the Canadian ""RPM"" Top Singles Chart. Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11"" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a"
"Larry Page (singer) Larry Page (born Leonard Davies; c. 1938, in Wales) is an English former pop singer and record producer of the late 1950s and 1960s. After changing his name to Larry Page in honour of Larry Parks, the star of ""The Jolson Story"", the teenager began a recording career as a singer. Page tried to magnify his fame through the wearing of unusually large spectacles, as ""Larry Page the Teenage Rage"". The title was originally coined by ""The Sunday Pictorial"" 's showbusiness correspondent, Jack Bentley. He toured the UK with Cliff Richard and appeared at top venues, including"
"Jerry Wallace Jerry Wallace (December 15, 1928 – May 5, 2008) was an American country and pop singer. Between 1958 and 1964, Wallace charted nine hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including the No. 8 ""Primrose Lane"" that was later used as the theme song for the television series ""The Smith Family"". He made his debut on the country music charts in 1965, entering it thirty-five times between then and 1980. In that timespan, Wallace charted within the country Top Ten four times. His only number one song was ""If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry,"" a song which gained"
"Luther Dixon Luther Dixon (August 7, 1931 – October 22, 2009) was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Jackson 5, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Reed and others. As a producer, Dixon helped create the signature sound of the girl group the Shirelles. Dixon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but his family moved to Brooklyn, New York, when he was young. He learned to sing in church. Dixon began his professional career in 1954 with the"
"Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer. He has been described as ""rock & roll's first great wild man."" A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis. ""Crazy Arms"" sold 300,000 copies in the South, but it was his 1957 hit ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" that shot Lewis to fame worldwide. He followed this with ""Great Balls of Fire"", ""Breathless"" and ""High School Confidential"". However, Lewis's rock and roll"
"Rubberlegs Williams Henry ""Rubberlegs"" Williams (14 July 1907 in Atlanta - 17 October 1962 in New York City) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer and occasional female impersonator. A star of Vaudeville, he is probably best remembered for his singing work with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, although it was for his dancing that he was renowned for in New York City and Boston. Williams was born in Atlanta in 1907. He became employed as dancer with Bobby Grant's Female Impersonators in 1919 and became a spectacle. He later won several Cakewalk and Charleston competitions and other dancing"
"and his Mad Lads Doc Sausage Lucius Antoine Tyson (7 March 1911 – September 1972), who performed as Dr. Sausage or Doc Sausage, was an American singer, dancer, drummer and bandleader. He was active from the 1930s to the 1950s and is best known for his 1950 recording of ""Rag Mop"". He was born in Brunswick, Georgia, and moved to New York City in 1936. By 1938, he was performing with his group, Dr. Sausage and His Five Pork Chops. Regarded as a novelty act, the group included Al ""Dr. Horse"" Pittman. His pianist Jimmy Harris was killed in a"
"Johnny Sayles John Earl Sayles, Jr. (February 9, 1937 – August 17, 1993), known as Johnny Sayles, was an American R&B and soul singer. Sayles was born in Winnsboro, Texas. Around 1955 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he sang with Eugene Neal’s Rocking Kings, and with Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm. In 1959 he formed the Johnny Sayles Band, who played at Chuck Berry's Paradise Club. He left music for a time to study in Houston, returning in 1963 to tour with the Five Du-Tones Revue, in which he imitated Little Johnny Taylor. When the tour"
"less than 15 years since Buddy Holly’s death was heralded as the symbolic finale of the rock ‘n’ roll era. The music had changed beyond all recognition since then, and the revival was for those who couldn’t stomach the new stuff."" In addition, the original rock and roll spirit would be celebrated in the next few years in films like ""American Graffiti"" and in television shows like ""Happy Days"". For original rockers like Lewis, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry, this was a godsend. The album is best known for its version of ""Chantilly Lace,"" which had been written by J.P."
"Dickie Henderson Richard Matthew Michael Henderson, OBE (30 October 1922 – 22 September 1985) was an English entertainer. He was born and died in London. His father, Dick Henderson (1891–1958), was a music hall comedian and singer famous for his short, rotund appearance, bowler hat and beautiful singing voice. He was well known for making the original British recording of the popular song ""Tiptoe Through the Tulips"". His two daughters Winifred and Teresa known as ""the Henderson Twins"", were also performers in the style of the Andrews Sisters. Henderson was privately educated in both Hollywood, when his father was touring"
"Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson, March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Born in Denver, Colorado, Livingston studied music at the University of Arizona. While there he composed his first score for a college musical. He moved to New York City in the 1930s, initially working as a pianist for dance orchestras. From the 1940s to the 1960s he had written songs for numerous films and television series, including ""Cinderella"" (1950), ""Bronco"" (1958), ""77 Sunset Strip"" (television series, 1958), ""Hawaiian Eye"" (television series, 1959), ""Bourbon Street Beat"" (television series, 1959),"
"the age of 77. He was survived by his wife, Mary, and two daughters, Sandy and Anne. Mary died on February 12, 2017, at the age of 91. Reece Shipley Reece Dodson Shipley (April 19, 1921 – May 8, 1998) was an American country singer and guitarist. He was perhaps best known for releasing the single ""Hillbilly Jive with a Boogie Beat"" in 1952. Born in Whitesburg, Tennessee, Shipley was the son of string musicians. He was a guitarist of the Carolina Pals in the Kingsport, Tennessee area during the late 1930s. After the beginning of World War II, he"
"Cathy Richardson Catherine E. ""Cathy"" Richardson (born February 21, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and narrator from the Chicago suburbs in Illinois. She is the lead singer for the band Jefferson Starship and her own Cathy Richardson Band, and has performed the Janis Joplin parts for Joplin's former band Big Brother and the Holding Company. Richardson grew up in west suburban Burr Ridge, Illinois, Before starting her music career, Richardson worked as an auto mechanic and as a cashier at her father's gas station. The Cathy Richardson Band was voted Best Local Band in the ""Chicago Tribune"" readers"
"Joe Layton Joe Layton (May 3, 1931 – May 5, 1994) was an American director and choreographer known primarily for his work on Broadway. Born Joseph Lichtman in Brooklyn, New York, Layton began his career as a dancer in ""Wonderful Town"" (1953), and he appeared uncredited in the ensemble of the original live TV production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ""Cinderella"" (1957) starring Julie Andrews. However, from the start, his primary interest was in musical staging. In addition to his many legitimate theatre credits, he conceived and directed Broadway concerts for Bette Midler (1975), Diana Ross (1976), Cher (1979), and Harry"
"James Lord Pierpont James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893) was a New England-born songwriter, arranger, organist, and composer, best known for writing and composing ""Jingle Bells"" in 1857, originally entitled ""The One Horse Open Sleigh"". He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Winter Haven, Florida. His composition ""Jingle Bells"" has become synonymous with the Christmas holiday and is one of the most performed and most recognizable songs in the world. James Lord Pierpont was born on April 25, 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, the Reverend John Pierpont (1785–1866), was a pastor of the"
"Jerry Lewis Joseph Levitch (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017), known worldwide as Jerry Lewis, was an American comedian, director, actor, producer, singer, screenwriter and humanitarian, whose career spanned eight decades and was nicknamed ""The King of Comedy"". He was known for his partnership with Dean Martin as the groundbreaking act of Martin and Lewis. Lewis went on to star in, write, produce and direct many motion pictures, such as ""The Delicate Delinquent"", ""The Sad Sack"", ""Rock-A-Bye Baby"", ""The Geisha Boy"", ""Don't Give Up The Ship"", ""Visit to a Small Planet"", ""Cinderfella"", ""The Bellboy"", ""The Ladies' Man"", ""The Errand"
"Nick Chiles Nick Chiles (born August 7, 1965) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of 14 books. He writes primarily about African-American life and culture. Chiles grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father is the pianist Walter Chiles, who was the leader of the jazz trio Chiles & Pettiford in the 1960s and the 1970s funk band LTG Exchange. Atlantic Records released the 1965 Chiles & Pettiford recording ""Live at Jilly's."" Walter Chiles wrote the LTG Exchange's biggest hit, ""Waterbed."" Chiles studied at Yale University, and earned a B.A. in psychology. Chiles worked as a reporter"
"Roy Drusky Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930 – September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being the first artist to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson (""Jody and the Kid""). His highest-charting single was the No. 1 ""Yes Mr. Peters"", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell. Drusky was born in 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother, a church organist, had tried for years to get her son"
"Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit ""Harper Valley PTA"" (written by Tom T. Hall), which missed (by one week) becoming the ""Billboard"" Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. In subsequent years, she had moderate chart success with country music, but never again duplicated the success of ""Harper Valley PTA"". She became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s. Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson was born in 1945"
"Freddy Cannon Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. (born December 4, 1936), known as Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer, whose biggest international hits included ""Tallahassee Lassie"", ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"", and ""Palisades Park"". Freddy Picariello was born in Revere, Massachusetts, moving to the neighboring city of Lynn as a child. His father worked as a truck driver and also played trumpet and sang in local bands. Freddy grew up listening to the rhythm and blues music of Big Joe Turner, Buddy Johnson and others on the radio, and learned to play guitar. After attending Lynn Vocation"
"Jeffrey Lee Pierce Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 – March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and author. He was one of the founding members of the band The Gun Club, and also released material as a solo artist. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was born on June 27, 1958. As a teenager, Pierce moved from El Monte, a working-class industrial suburb east of Los Angeles, to Granada Hills, at the time a white working- and middle-class suburb in the San Fernando Valley. Pierce attended Granada Hills High School, where he participated in the drama program, acting in plays"
"Cheryl Pepsii Riley Cheryl Bridget ""Pepsii"" Riley (born October 18, 1961) is an American singer and actress. Riley is best known for her music during the late 1980s through the early 1990s, most notable; 1988's R&B ballad ""Thanks for My Child"". Riley also starred in Tyler Perry's stage–plays including; ""Madea's Class Reunion"" (2003) and ""Why Did I Get Married?"" (2006). Born Cheryl Bridget Riley in Brooklyn, Riley was the first of two children born to James Madison Riley and Lucia Viola Riley. Riley attended Clara Barton High School, graduating in 1980. After high school, Riley worked as a nurse for"
"John L. Nelson John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 – August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson and a credited co-writer on some of his son's songs. Nelson was born in Webster Parish, Louisiana, the son of Carrie (Jenkins) and Clarence Nelson. The Nelsons had four other children. He traveled to Minneapolis to become a musician in 1948. Playing the piano, he used ""Prince Rogers"" as a stage name and started a band called ""The Prince Rogers Trio"" with"
"Johnny Rivers Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is an American rock 'n' roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. His repertoire includes pop, folk, blues, and old-time rock 'n' roll. Rivers charted during the 1960s and 1970s but remains best known for a string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, among them ""Memphis"" (a Chuck Berry cover), ""Mountain of Love"", ""The Seventh Son"", ""Secret Agent Man"", ""Poor Side of Town"" (a US #1), ""Baby I Need Your Lovin'"" (a Motown cover), and ""Summer Rain"". Rivers was born as John Henry Ramistella in New York City,"
"to the lung disease bronchiectasis. In his short life Ross was extremely productive; he wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 250 songs in addition to his theatre work. Ross was entered posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982, his wife, Judy, and daughter, Janie, accepting on his behalf. <br> Jerry Ross (composer) Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include ""The Pajama Game"" and ""Damn Yankees"", winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both"
"Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11"" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Dickens was born in"
"Chick Henderson (singer) Chick Henderson (22 November 1912 – 24 June 1944) was an English singer who achieved popularity and acclaim as a prolific recording artist and performer of the British dance band era in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Chick Henderson was born Henderson Rowntree in Hartlepool, England. He attended Galleys Field School on Hartlepool Headland. ""Chick"" was nothing more than his mother's nickname for her smallest son. His first recordings were made for Harry Leader in June 1935. The following year he began singing for Joe Loss' popular radio orchestra. He stayed with Loss for five years"