"Daddy Cool" | |
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Single by The Rays | |
A-side | "Silhouettes" |
B-side | "Daddy Cool" |
Released | 1957 |
Genre | Rock |
Label | Cameo-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]