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Janice · 05-03-2004, 02:42 AM

quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
And still collect, as Nokia offers this as a ringtone.

Gimme Dat Ding - written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood - recorded by The Pipkins
(a novelty act best known for the kiddie song "Gimme Dat Ding" (1970). Group members included Tony Burrows, also of White Plains, the Brotherhood Of Man, Edison Lighthouse, and First Class. Hammond and Hazelwood also wrote "I'm a Train," "For the Peace of All Mankind," "Creep" (recorded by The Pretenders) Simply Red's "The Air That I Breathe," "Make Me an Island," "It Never Rains in Southern California," Steppenwolf's "Smokey Factory Blues," and "To All the Girls I've Loved," (Albert Hammond solo) among others.

The interesting thing about Tony Burrows, who did the lead vocals on this song, is that he was a session vocalist and actually had four songs simultaneously hit the top ten in the UK, under four different names/groups in 1970. There was this one as the Pipkins, Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) as Edison Lighthouse, My Baby Loves Lovin' as White Plains and United We Stand as The Brotherhood Of Man. From what I understand, White Plains was really the only legitimate group of these four and Tony really wasn't a part of the group, he was just a left-over from a previous incarnation who sat in on this first recording session. The other three "groups" were just vehicles for the songwriters who formed them to get their songs out there.

05-03-2004, 02:42 AM	#11
Janice Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: La Mesa, CA, USA Posts: 715	quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie: And still collect, as Nokia offers this as a ringtone. Gimme Dat Ding - written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood - recorded by The Pipkins (a novelty act best known for the kiddie song "Gimme Dat Ding" (1970). Group members included Tony Burrows, also of White Plains, the Brotherhood Of Man, Edison Lighthouse, and First Class. Hammond and Hazelwood also wrote "I'm a Train," "For the Peace of All Mankind," "Creep" (recorded by The Pretenders) Simply Red's "The Air That I Breathe," "Make Me an Island," "It Never Rains in Southern California," Steppenwolf's "Smokey Factory Blues," and "To All the Girls I've Loved," (Albert Hammond solo) among others. The interesting thing about Tony Burrows, who did the lead vocals on this song, is that he was a session vocalist and actually had four songs simultaneously hit the top ten in the UK, under four different names/groups in 1970. There was this one as the Pipkins, Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) as Edison Lighthouse, My Baby Loves Lovin' as White Plains and United We Stand as The Brotherhood Of Man. From what I understand, White Plains was really the only legitimate group of these four and Tony really wasn't a part of the group, he was just a left-over from a previous incarnation who sat in on this first recording session. The other three "groups" were just vehicles for the songwriters who formed them to get their songs out there.