Daddy Cool (The Rays song)

"Daddy Cool"
Single by The Rays
A-side"Silhouettes"
B-side"Daddy Cool"
Released1957
GenreRock
LabelCameo-Parkway
Songwriter(s)Frank Slay, Bob Crewe

"Daddy Cool" is a song by US doo-wop group The Rays and was released on Cameo Records as the B-side of their 1957 single "Silhouettes". It became a No. 3 hit on the Billboard Pop singles chart.[1][2][3] The song was written by Bob Crewe and Frank Slay, who had also written the A-side, "Silhouettes".[4] The song became a No. 1 single on the Australian singles charts when covered by novelty band Drummond in 1971, and remained there for seven weeks.[5] UK cover band Darts also had a hit single with the song, which reached No. 6 in 1977.[2]

  1. ^ "Billboard singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  2. ^ a b "Drummond "Daddy Cool"". Pop Archives. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  3. ^ "The American Bandstand 10 best selling records chart for 1957". TV.com. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  4. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)". APRA. Retrieved 2008-05-10. [dead link‍]
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.