my ding-a-ling


“my ding-a-ling” is the t-tle of a novelty song written and recorded by dave bartholomew. in 1972 it was covered by chuck berry and became berry’s only u.s. number-one single on the pop charts. later that year, in a longer unedited form, it was included on the alb-m the london chuck berry sessions. two members of the average white band, guitarist onnie mcintyre and drummer robbie mcintosh, played on the single. nic potter of van der graaf generator played b-ss on the track.

“my ding-a-ling” was originally recorded by dave bartholomew in 1952 for king records. when bartholomew moved to imperial records, he re-recorded the song under the new t-tle, “little girl sing ting-a-ling”. in 1954, the bees on imperial released a version ent-tled “toy bell”. berry recorded a version called “my tambourine” in 1968, but the version which topped the charts was recorded live during the lanchester arts festival at the locarno ballroom in coventry, england, on 3 february 1972, where berry – backed by the roy young band – topped a bill that also included slade, george carlin and billy preston. boston radio station wmex disc jockey jim connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to #1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the united states. billboard ranked it as the no. 15 song for 1972.
ever heard of that sick -ss song, “my ding-a-ling” yet?

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