Do Wah Diddy Diddy

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
Single by Manfred Mann
from the album The Manfred Mann Album
B-side "What You Gonna Do?"
Released 10 July 1964
Format Vinyl record
Recorded 11 & 22 June 1964[1]
Genre
Length 2:23
Label HMV POP 1320 (UK)[2]
Ascot (US)
Capitol (Canada)
Songwriter(s) Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich[2]
Producer(s) John Burgess[2]
Manfred Mann singles chronology
"Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)"
(1964)		 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
(1964)		 "Sha La La"
(1964)

"Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)"
(1964)		 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
(1964)		 "Sha La La"
(1964)

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group The Exciters. It was made internationally famous by the British band Manfred Mann.

Manfred Mann version

It was soon covered by British R&B, beat and pop band Manfred Mann.[3] Manfred Mann's version was released on 10 July,[4] and spent two weeks No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August,[5] and two weeks at the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October.[6]

Chart history

Other versions

The song has been covered many times, notably by DJ Ötzi whose version titled "Do Wah Diddy" peaked at #9 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, as well as charting in Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland. Dutch girl group Dolly Dots recorded the song in 1982.

American hip-hop group 2 Live Crew created a characteristically explicit cover for the 1988 album Move Somethin'.

The song was used as a military cadence in the movie Stripes.

The song was used as an opening and closing theme song of Ang TV.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.com/2018/06/manfred-mann-down-road-apiece-their-emi.html?m=1
  2. 1 2 3 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 166. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ↑ Archived May 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "All the Number One Singles: 1964". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 158. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1964-10-12. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Do Wah Diddy Diddy". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  10. ↑ https://archive.is/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/
  11. ↑ List of Top 25 singles for 1964 in Australia
  12. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
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