Puttin' On the Style

Vernon Dalhart recorded "Puttin' On the Style" in December of 1925 and by 1926 it was a popular hit. [1]The song was collected in the Catskills by Norman Cazden from Ernie Sagar in 1945 showing that it had entered oral tradition.[2] Another version has also been collected from oral tradition in West Virginia.[3] "Puttin' On the Style" was a 1957 hit for skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan. It was recorded live at the London Palladium and released as a double A-side along with "Gamblin' Man" and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June and July 1957, where it spent two weeks in this position.[4] It was Donegan's second consecutive No. 1 in the UK and the UK's first double-sided chart topper.[5] It was the last UK chart-topper to be solely issued in 78rpm format, as Pye Nixa did not release it on 7" single at the time (although it was later re-released as a 7").

A low quality recording of the song performed by the Quarrymen, John Lennon's group live on 6 July 1957 exists, although it has never been released officially. It was recorded the same day that Lennon met his songwriting partner Paul McCartney, and is the earliest Beatles related recording that exists. The song was also satirised by Peter Sellers on his song "Puttin' on the Smile" (1959), which he presented in the guise of folk singer, Lenny Goonagan.[6]

The Chad Mitchell Trio also recorded this song on the "Mighty Day on Campus" album. Finnish singer Lasse Liemola had a hit in 1958 with a Finnish version of the song titled as "Diivaillen". In 1974 a group called Hullujussi covered "Diivaillen" in their album "Bulvania".[7]

References

  1. ↑ Victor 78 #19919
  2. ↑ Norman Cazden (1958). The Abelard Folk Song Book (First ed.). Abelard Schuman. p. 120. ASIN B000BZHXN6.
  3. ↑ John Cox (2013). Folk-Songs of the South. West Virginia University Press. ISBN 978-1-938228-68-1.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 164–5. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 32. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  6. ↑ "Peter Sellers - My Old Dutch (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  7. ↑ http://www.aanitearkisto.fi


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