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"Teddy Bear Song" is a 1973 single written by Don Earl and Nick Nixon, and made famous by country music vocalist Barbara Fairchild. Released in December 1972, the song was Fairchild's only No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in March 1973. [ 1 ]
"Teddy Bear" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Red Sovine. It was released in June 1976 as the title track to Sovine's album of the same name. The song — actually, a recitation with an instrumental backing — was one of Sovine's many recordings that saluted the American truck driver.
The song was a U.S. No. 1 hit during the summer of 1957, staying at No. 1 on the Billboard charts for seven weeks, the third of the four number-one singles Presley had that year. "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" would also hit No. 1 on Billboard's R&B Best Sellers List, becoming his fourth No. 1 on that chart. [2]
1973 would turn out to be the breakthrough year for Fairchild as she released the biggest hit of her career with "Teddy Bear Song". [1] It became a number 1 hit on the country charts, and reached the pop charts as well, peaking at No. 32. [1] It was nominated for a Grammy Award that year. "Teddy Bear Song" spent two weeks at the No. 1 spot.
The song was originally written and recorded by Tommy Faile. " Teddy Bear ", the tale of a disabled boy who lost his truck driver father in a highway accident and keeps his CB radio base as his only companion.
"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody written in 1907 by American composer John Walter Bratton, and lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It remains popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as a children's song, having been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
She was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio known as the Teddy Bears, which also included Phil Spector. [1] The Teddy Bears' only major hit, "To Know Him Is To Love Him", which Spector wrote specifically to showcase Connors' singing voice, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1958, also becoming the first woman to chart. [2]
In addition he co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Teddy Bear," [2] Bobby Rydell's "Wild One" and "The Cha-Cha-Cha", and Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" and "Limbo Rock." Mann wrote a number of songs for Checker, including " Popeye the Hitchhiker " and " Slow Twistin' " plus Pat Boone 's " Remember You're Mine ", and the much covered " You Can't Sit ...