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Artist: Lee Dorsey
Author: Bobby Robinson/Clarence Lewis/Lee Dorsey
Label: Fury
Year: 1961
Debut single and his biggest hit (n°1 R&B). Based on a children song and co-written by Fury label boss Bobby Robinson. Arranged by Harold Battiste. The piano line was by Allen Toussaint, uncredited due to his contract with Minit.
Covers:
Joey Dee & The Starliters [as Ya Ya Twist; title altered while the Twist craze hit worldwide]
Tony Sheridan [without the Beatles]
Petula Clark [idem]
Johnny Hallyday [idem]
Richard Anthony [idem]
Dalida [idem; both in French and in German]
Tren-Teens [answer song as Your Ya Ya Is Gone]
John Lennon [thinking of the days with Tony Sheridan]
Championettes [in Twist medley]
Goran Bregovic [in film Underground as Ya Ya Ringe Ringe Raja]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)