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Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (ver. 1) by Paul Vance - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl in a very revealing bathing suit who stays immersed in the ocean water to hide from view. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland. Hyland's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 8, 1960[1] and also made the top 10 in other countries, including #8 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The female voice reciting the phrases beginning with "One, two, three, four" was Trudy Packer.[3] In September 2006, the song's co-writer Paul Vance read his own mistaken obituary. Paul Van Valkenburgh, who had long claimed to have written the song, died and the false information was included in the newspaper. The impostor had explained his lack of royalty payments for the song by further claiming that he'd sold the rights to his alleged composition as a.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Paul Vance (born 1929 in Westbury, New York) is an American songwriter. With Lee Pockriss, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Charts, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by Perry Como, which was a huge hit and became one of Como's signature songs. "What Will Mary Say", a Top 10 hit for singer Johnny Mathis in 1963, was written by Paul Vance with Eddie Snyder. Vance got the idea for "Itsy Bitsy Bikini" because his daughter was too shy to wear a bikini in public. The song has been a top 10 hit in other countries around the world and has earned millions of dollars for Vance. In 1964, Vance and Pockriss wrote a song entitled "Leader Of The Laundromat," a spoof of the then-popular "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las, and Vance produced a recording of the track by a trio consisting of Ronnie (Ron) Dante, Tommy Wynn, and Vance's nephew Danny Jordan. The record was released under the name The Detergents, and its success led to an album called The Many Faces Of The Detergents, which Vance produced and for which he, along with.
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