Ting-A-Ling
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- Ting-A-Ling is also the culinary term for crushed candy cane
"Ting-A-Ling" is a 1952 song by The Clovers. "Ting-A-Ling" was The Clovers' final number one on the Billboard R&B chart;[1] however, the group continued its chart success throughout the 1950s.
Song Background
The last surviving original member of the Clovers, Harold Winley, told NPR that "Ting-a-Ling" was one of many Clovers hits credited to a songwriter known as "Nugetre". When spelled backwards, it was a pen-name belonging to the co-founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun. Winley says the pen name was a joke. "He'd laugh at it," Winley says. "Nugetre! Yeah! That's me."[2]
Cover Versions
- It was covered by Buddy Holly and released on the 1958 posthumous album That'll Be the Day. Holly's former band, the Crickets.
- The Crickets also covered the song (featuring Earl Sinks on vocals) for their 1960 effort, In Style With the Crickets.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
- ^ https://www.wbur.org/npr/111613499/summer-song-favorites-ting-a-ling