MANFRED MANN - DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY (in colour)
On this date in 1964, MANFRED MANN released the single DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY (JUly 10th 1964)
NOTE: I've colourised this TV clip from the original black and white film.
Written by the songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who were looking to recreate the gibberish gold they struck on The Crystals hit "Da Doo Ron Ron," the duo struggled as they found that creating a nonsense phrase on purpose was not easy, as it had to sound good and sing well.
They settled on "Do Wah Diddy," and pictured it as another girl group hit.
It was first recorded (as "Do-Wah-Diddy") in 1963 by The Exciters, who were coming off their hit song "Tell Him."...
