Alley-Oop (song)
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Alley-Oop is the title of a pop song written by the American Dallas Frazier . In the version of the music group The Hollywood Argyles , the song became a number one hit in the United States in 1960.
Emergence
Dallas Frazier created the song Alley-Oop in 1957, inspired by the comic strip of the same name by Vincent T. Hamlin . As in the comic, the lyrics are about the Stone Age cave dweller Alley Oop . Frazier initially recorded the title in a version of a country song himself. In early 1960, the American record producer Gary S. Paxton took up the title again and produced a self-sung new version together with his colleague Kim Fowley . This was to be released by the recently established Hollywood- based record company Lute. Since Paxton was still under contract with the record company Brent Records at that time, the name Paxton could not be used for Alley-Oop . The name "The Hollywood Argyles" was invented for the singer and his background choir. The background choir also included the songwriter of Alley-Oop Dallas Frazier. The name Hollywood Argyles was based on the address of the Hollywood recording studio, Argyle Avenue. Lute released the song Alley-Oop in May 1960 on the single number 5905 with the title Sho 'Know a Lot About Love .
successes
On May 30, 1960, the US music magazine Billbord published Alley-Oop for the first time in its Hot 100 hit list . There the title started at number 85, reached the top 10 on June 20 and was at the top of the Hot 100 on July 11, where it was held for a week. Alley-Oop was represented in the Hot 100 for a total of 15 weeks. In the competition magazine Cashbox , the song was also in first place for a week and was listed for 16 weeks.
Due to the success in the USA, singles with the Hollywood Argyles title Alley-Oop were distributed worldwide. The title also landed first in New Zealand and second in Canada. From the record label London Records was alley-oop published in the UK and Germany. Alley-Oop reached number 24 in the British charts, but did not make it into the hit lists in Germany.
Cover versions
Almost at the same time as the Lute label, the Madison record company released a version of Alley-Oop with the Santa Monica group Danté and the Evergreens . They too were able to place themselves on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose to number 15. The US group The Dyna-Sores, which also released its version in the spring of 1960, remained unsuccessful. In 1963 Brian Poole recorded Alley-Oop on his LP Twist and Shout . The Beach Boys followed in 1965 with Alley-Oop on the LP Beach Boys' Party! In the 1984 film Bachelor Party , Darlene Love sang a cover version of Alley-Oop . Graham Bonney released a single with Alley-Oop in 1979, titled with the addition "German Version". The German text for this comes from Jean Frankfurter .
Singles discography
| Performers | Label | released |
| Hollywood Argyles | Lute 5905 | USA 5/1960 |
| Hollywood Argyles | London 9146 | UK 7/1960 |
| Hollywood Argyles | London 20342 | DE 8/1960 |
| Dante and the Evergreens | Madison 130 | US 5/1960 |
| Dante and the Evergreens | Top Rank 402 | UK 7/1960 |
| Dyna-Sores | Rendezvous 120 | US 5/1962 |
swell
- ↑ Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Online database - musical works : GEMA-Werk.-Nr: 477753-002, subtext writer Jean Frankfurter
literature
- Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits , Billboard Publications New York 1988, p. 70, ISBN 0-8230-7545-1 .