Do Wah Diddy Diddy

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"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
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Single by Manfred Mann
from the album The Manfred Mann Album
B-side "What You Gonna Do?"
Released 10 July 1964
Format Vinyl record
Recorded 11 June 1964
Genre Pop rock
Length 2:23
Label HMV POP 1320 (UK)[1]
Ascot (US)
Capitol (Canada)
Writer(s) Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich[1]
Producer(s) John Burgess[1]
Manfred Mann singles chronology
"Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)"
(1964)		 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
(1964)		 "Sha La La"
(1964)

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group the Exciters.

It was soon covered by British R&B, Beat and pop band Manfred Mann.[2] Manfred Mann's version, which was more commercially successful, was recorded on 11 June 1964,[citation needed] released on 10 July,[3] and spent two weeks No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August,[4] and two weeks at the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October.[5]

It was also used as the theme song for Ang TV, a famous youth-oriented variety show in the Philippines from 1992-1997.

See also

References

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Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
13 August 1964 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Have I the Right?" by the Honeycombs
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
17 October 1964 (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Baby Love" by the Supremes
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