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In Germany, the song was renamed "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" and with German lyrics written by Rudolf Günter Loose. It was recorded by Club Honolulu, an alias for French-born Italian singer Caterina Valente and her brother Silvio Francesco, [30] and reached number one on the West German charts. [31]
Vance got the idea for the lyrics of "Itsy Bitsy Bikini" because his daughter was too shy to wear a bikini in public. [3] The song was a Top 10 hit in other countries around the world. In all, Vance wrote over 300 songs, including recordings by Johnny Mathis, Paul Anka, and Tommy James and the Shondells. [3]
Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop singer and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He had a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" in 1960.
In 1960, 16-year-old Brian Hyland had a novelty hit with the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, which topped the Billboard single chart. [12] The Trashmen reached the top 5 with "Surfin' Bird", a surf rock medley of two novelty songs originally recorded by The Rivingtons.
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" Released: 23 November 1987 Never Mind the Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen , sometimes Never Mind the Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen (aus Düsseldorf ) is the first cover album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen , released under the pseudonym Die Roten Rosen (The Red Roses).
We’re almost certain that an itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie yellow polka-dot bikini never held Dolly or Marilyn’s buxom chests in place. And as a modern woman (especially one with an ample bosom ...
Salma Hayek, 56, rocks an itsy-bitsy yellow string bikini on Instagram—and her entire bod is pure #fitspo. Being active in her day-to-day life keeps her in shape.
Previous Vance/Pockriss credits included writing the hits "Catch a Falling Star" (1958) and "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" (1960). As well, in 1964 they wrote and produced the top 20 hit "Leader of the Laundromat" by The Detergents; one of the Detergents was Ron Dante.