Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Not to be confused with Diddy Wah Diddy.
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
Single by Manfred Mann
from the album The Manfred Mann Album
B-side"What You Gonna Do?"
Released10 July 1964
RecordedJune, 1964[1]
GenreRock[2][3]
Length2:23
LabelHMV POP 1320 (UK)[4]
Ascot (US)
Capitol (Canada)
Songwriter(s)Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich[4]
Producer(s)John Burgess[4]
Manfred Mann singles chronology
"Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)"
(1964) 		"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
(1964) 		"Sha La La"
(1964)

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963, as "Do-Wah-Diddy", by the American vocal group the Exciters. Cash Box described the Exciters' version as "a sparkling rocker that bubbles over with coin-catching enthusiasm" and said that the "great lead job is backed by a fabulous instrumental arrangement."[5] It was made internationally famous by the British band Manfred Mann.

  1. ^ D&j (5 June 2018). "Manfred Mann - Down the Road Apiece: Their EMI Recordings 1963-1966". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 44.
  4. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1 ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 16, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.