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A variant of Alley Oop called Ollie Oop was written by Paul T. Clark and Gary S. Paxton. The song was a tribute to Col. Oliver North, again performed by Gary S. Paxton while Paul was part of the background singers. The record was released as a single and was played in some major markets, but it never quite took off.
"Alley Oop" was the first song played on WLS-AM Radio in Chicago on May 2, 1960, when it changed format from farm programming to rock and roll. "Alley Oop" charted for 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number one for the week of July 11, 1960. [1] The song sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. [4]
Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor.
HOOP (5A: "I like slam dunks take me to the ___ / My favorite play is the Alley Oop" ("Basketball" lyric) Kurtis Blow recorded the song "Basketball" – which includes the lyrics, "I like slam ...
Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash "Alley Oop" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, the Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze ...
Anthony Edwards threw an alley-oop to himself Thursday night, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Memphis Grizzlies 118-103 at Target Center to earn their 30th win of the season.
The group hit the U.S. pop chart in 1960 with the song "Alley Oop", written by Dallas Frazier. [2] Their version of the tune hit No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and went No. 1 on Cashbox; while The Hollywood Argyles' version went to No. 1 on the Billboard chart, the Evergreens recording was a bigger hit on the East Coast. [1]
If you're thinking of the Naughty By Nature song ("You down with O.P.P.?"), sorry, you're about 30 years behind. This OPP is pronounced like the word “pop” without the first “P.”