Little Darlin' - Ai - Yi Yi Yi Yi !
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Album:American Graffiti Highlights...
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Maurice williams wrote the song and recorded it with his group The Gladiolas in 1957. The Diamonds version became the bigger hit. The Diamonds were a clean-cut white vocal group that had sixteen hits between 1956 and 1961, ten which were covers of songs sung by black R&B artists.
Their biggest hit was a cover of the Gladiola's "Little Darlin'." The Gladiolas version came out in the first week in February, 1957. In less then two weeks the Diamonds version was out. Legend has it that prior to the recording session the group rehearsed the song all night in their hotel room, becoming so fed up that they exaggerated the bass and falsetto parts in an attempt to turn the song into a satire of itself. This is only partly true. Maurice Williams, the Gladiola's lead singer, invented all the vocal trills and hiccups...
The audio button is the Diamonds version, and (unbelievably) YouTube had a video recording of the original Gladiolas version, which I had not heard before.
Comments (6)
Close your eyes and this tune could be right out of a Scorsese film.
I love it!
Naturally I overlooked Lucas’s use of it in his movie...Duh…
I have got to get around to that post about Big Daddy i keep meaning to do...
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i love old music like this with the high pitched harmonies!
fairportfan - LOVED IT!
brittanybf - Me too..old doo wop with those falsetto fills! Mm-Mm-Mm!
Talk about quintessential...