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"Short Shorts" is a song written and performed by Tom Austin, Bill Crandell, Bill Dalton, and Bob Gaudio, members of The Royal Teens. It reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart and #3 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958. [1] The group originally released the track on the small New York label Power Records in 1957.
The term "Short Shorts" in the song referred specifically to very short cutoff jeans as worn by teenage girls. The term appears to have originated with Bob Gaudio and Tom Austin. [ 3 ] According to the group's website, they coined the term in 1957, and hit on using it as a song theme and title that summer when they saw two girls in cutoffs ...
He rose to musical fame at the age of 15 as a member of The Royal Teens, for whom he co-wrote the hit "Short Shorts". [2] In 1958, while he and the group were promoting the single, they met Frankie Valli and his group the Four Lovers as they prepared to perform on a local television program. Wearying of touring, Gaudio left the Royal Teens soon ...
Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Michael B. Jordan, Jeff Bezos and more attended the event hosted by Chanel and Charles Finch.
One of her more memorable campaigns was a commercial for Nair, featuring girls singing "Who wears short shorts? We wear short shorts! If you dare wear short shorts, Nair for short shorts." This song was based on the hit 1958 hit "Short Shorts" by The Royal Teens. She was a founding partner of the agency Avrett Free Ginsberg.
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So, I’ll be wearing the short shorts." When "E! News" asked the “Don’t Worry Darling” star how long he intends to sport short shorts, he replied, “Until the legs go."
Bob takes over the narration, telling the audience that he already had a hit single with "Short Shorts" and not to believe Tommy plucked him from obscurity. Bob goes with Joe to see the band perform, and is immediately impressed by Frankie's voice on "Moody's Mood for Love". In an on-the-spot audition, Bob plays his song "Cry for Me" with the ...