Cinderella Rockefella

"Cinderella Rockefella"
Single by Esther and Abi Ofarim
Released	February 28, 1968 (United Kingdom)
Genre	Novelty
Length	2:29
Writer(s)	Mason Williams, Nancy Ames

This article is about the single by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames. For Cinderella Rockafellas pub in Edinburgh, see Tiffany's, dancehall.

"Cinderella Rockefella" was a novelty single written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames, and most famously released by the Israeli duo group Esther and Abi Ofarim, a married couple, in 1968.

The song features yodelling and a somewhat 1920s style lyrics and music. Perhaps surprisingly, the structure of the song is a twelve-bar blues.

According to Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer, the song was the last to be played on Radio Caroline South on the night of March 2-3 1968, before its radio ship (like that of its sister station Radio Caroline North) was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of March 3.

Sources

• Mark Steyn, Cinderella Rockefella: Song of the Week
• Where did they get that song?

Preceded by "Mighty Quinn" by Manfred Mann

UK number one single February 28, 1968 (3 weeks)

Succeeded by "The Legend of Xanadu" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich