DADDY DEWDROP- "CHICK-A-BOOM (DON'T YA JES' LOVE IT)"

[rollingstopp]

fabulous tunes way back

[mtailgator]

rwells, thank YOU!!! I was looking for this song for almost 35 years! I thought it was the Partridge Family - so that wasn't helping- and itunes needs a letter perfect set to search. So RAD! Thanks again!

[rwells47]

@mtailgator- you're very welcome!

[timetoreorder]

I first heard this song on a Saturday morning cartoon. This song is right up there with Disco Jesus by Tammy Faye.

[nomadseawolf]

Been searching for his song

[rollingstopp]

lotta weed yep yup  weed weed we need weed ha ha

[rollingstopp]

its gotta groove hippies are in there

[pictureisup1]

sadly, this would never get airplay today.

[gatortailor]

the vocals are different from the original 45. I know, I played it to death when I was a kid.

[rickw1100]

@gatortailor- You have a great ear ! I heard the difference too. This is a more recent re-recording by DewDrop for a "Seventies Compilation" or something. The recording here is not the recording on the 45 pictured . I played it to death too! -Good shot gator!

[ocossa]

Ah the great memories tied to this; love it and thanks for putting up a great blast from the past

[fafoosnick6839]

My mom had this exact same 45 vinyl of this song, and we used to play it over and over - it's still a GREAT song!! Thanks for posting!! :)

[rwells47]

@fafoosnick6839- you're very welcome!

[BBQFanNo1]

Oh I just love it on her.

[007bigrain]

TY>>Ron U know how to pick em...lol..

[rwells47]

@007bigrain -you are very welcome!

[darsden]

Love it thanks :-)

[rwells47]

@darsden- you are very welcome!

[joetrez]

0 dislikes--don't ya just love it!!

[carlyqqq]

im 19 and i absolutely love this song, hahaha thanks for posting it

[rwells47]

@carlyqqq- you're very welcome!

[leigh41168]

My parents gave me this 45 when i was 3...im 43 now.  i still have the 45. i still LOVE it :)

[SeattleLA]

Wow, this was the very first single I ever purchased. I bought in 1971 from a Singer Sewing Machine store, in Los Angeles. I was about 11. I wondered, "Is all music like this?" It was 99¢ for the 45.

[sarmadasco]

I always thought this was some jingle or made up song....from when I was kid! Never thought it was real! Must have been 2-3 yrs old. Only remember the refrain, but remember it well, as sung my older neighbor kids, but thought that they made it up! Something new every day!

[misstonjadross]

im 42 and when i was about 5 maybe 6 my aunt gave me this 45 and I LOVED THIS SONG!! THANKS!!

[rwells47]

@misstonjadross- you are welcome!

[shelllbenson427]

Thanks for the memories, haven't heard this one since grade school skating parties back in 1973!

[rwells47]

@shelllbenson427 - you're welcome!

[jova25]

bringing me back to my childhood. Don't you just love it!!

[jova25]

bringing me back to my childhood. Don't you just love it!!

[kja427]

When I listen to this tune, I imagine the lead vocalist looking like Sonny Bono.Was that the case?

[witchums]

Nicely done, dude.

[MrBLADMAT]

CHICK A BOOM BOOM

[dmoninger1]

I was in H.S. in the early 70's and our football team had an away game. We stopped at a little no-name roadside stop for gas and sodas. One of the guys put a nickle in the juke box and played this song. There were several redneck "locals" sitting around the place. It looked like we may have a fight on our hands for playing this song, but we got out in one piece!

[clintonearlwalker]

@dmoninger1 When I was in high school in the early 70's we had a talent show in music class. This one boy dressed up half way like a girl, I don't remember if he wore panties or not but he sang and danced to this song on the stage in front of the whole class. Caused something of a stir for the early 70's, I don't think the word "gay" even existed, but the word "queer" did.

[MTCatman]

Such a cool song! Thanks!

[mimidec67]

Oh wow I remember having a K-tel album (remember K-tel???) with this on it. This song always cracked me up as a kid.

[richintalent]

First time I heard this was on the Groovy Ghoulies show- shows how old i am e.e.

[confederatecolonel1]

This song was played on the "Groovy Ghoulies" cartoon show. At the end of each cartoon, the cast would play a song along with video with the characters.

[n9viwil]

@confederatecolonel1

That's where I first heard it, too!

[glennrickard323571]

Great song, prominently featured in an episode of 'The Groovy Goolies' cartoon series in the early 1970's. Very rarely played on mainstream oldies FM stations nowadays!

[griecovich]

this was the first album i ever bought, along with issac hayes greatest hits cause i loved theme from shaft. i think i was ten. it had a song on it called 'march of the white corpuscles' which i never forgot. thank you for dredging this one up dude!

[rwells47]

@griecovich- you're very welcome!

[red2469er]

I loved that flower on the record label <3  lmao

[red2469er]

I loved that flower on the record label  <3 lmao

[dmiller60]

dating myself now sheesh, this was out in the early 70's

[Wenchskee]

I like this illy song

[lps45s8tracks]

One of my all time favorite back in Da Day.

[ElzenaRae]

Omg!! I was now gonna say I use ti love this song! Wow. Cant beleive you have it and posted it~ lol wow thankx!! <333

[rwells47]

@ElzenaRae- you are very welcome! Ron

[Tondini305]

I brought this to class in the second or third grade. The assignment was to pick a song and write out the lyrics. My teacher wasn't impressed. I had no idea about the context of the song, as kids we probably liked the catchy chorus most of all

[gcdailey317]

@Tondini305 Man! I did Dead Skunk in second or third grade for the Christmas pageant.

[danbeatless]

GOD!!! This brings back memories!!

[ezeacshon]

was in army the boys went off 2 this song not heard it 4 years!

[kelempin228]

Have often thought about this song and tried to find it. I loved it as a kid even though and probably because it was a bit "naughty". Thank you for posting.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

"Not the vesrion featured on the Groovy Ghoulies Series." ? this version sounds different.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

this is a different version

[TheMrBlinx]

Thanks much for the lyrics. For decades, I been wondering what the words were at "Whomp-bobba-looba ba-lomp-bam-boom". Mystery solved! Much appreciated.

[rwells47]

@TheMrBlinx- you are very welcome! Ron

[Bogframe]

This ain't Daddy Dewdrop.

[SqueakeyCat]

I love this one as well. I agree with DJS59, I too bought both of the same as him. With an age difference of 2 years. As for Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog, I sang that on a radio call in show a couple years back, and actually won the Taco Bell 6 pack for 2 that they had going for that week. I sang almost the full song, not just a couple lines, like most of the people were doing that week.

[jeepgayguy]

we still have this 45 somehere in the house. i used to bring it to 2 and 3rd grade with me and played it during indoor recess! my best friend and i couldn't get enough of it!

[Trapar137]

Man, I'd forgotten about this song, thanks for posting.

[VIEWTUBE00000]

Why upload this generic version instead of the real one by Daddy Dewdrop????

[dmiller60]

this song brings back alot of memories

[DJS59]

I bought this 45 along with Jeremiah was a bullfrog played them over and over. I was 11 then. Thanks

[rwells47]

@DJS59 - you are very welcome! Ron

[Drillin4Oil]

I remember hearing this song at our church carnival way back in 1971!

[ferrierepc]

I always thought I imagined this song. I remembered it for some reason but could not tie it to anything. So, now I know I am not nuts but where I heard it and when, as I must have been really young, is a mystery.

[jdclassic57]

:) :) :) :)

[cablonde320]

I remember this song well!! Great video!

xx

Barb

[Ellymae09]

lol--love this Ron--haven't heard for ages--love the clip--very cool :-)

[somersetgal1]

Love this Ron... we used to go around singing this a lot.... great xx

[TheMoonchick]

Love this song .................

[NotaDino1]

Ah-h-h, the memories and the fact that I am really feeling "old" right now.

[100daveschwarz]

whoah!  I think the last time I heard this was on the radio in '74 or '75.

[ShannonC725]

I have been up all night with insomnia and this song just popped in my head and I had to hear it again. You gotta love youtube there isn't anything I haven't been able to find..... Thank you so much for putting this together.....

[rwells47]

You are very welcome ShannonC725! Ron

[MENTILIST]

@rwells47 It wuld be nice to find 'Top 40 love' by 'Cashboard, Billbox & Young'

[reggie44]

This is a remake... check out WABC77's channel for the original.

[thegoldenhits]

Great love it 5*****

[sherrylynn70]

Oh my gosh I have not heard this is a hundred years..whoA..so very cool that you put this up..what a memory..thank you for giving me the heads up on this one..wow..

[luvsmuzik1]

A song i have never heard before. .but a cute little diddy..

[citybeat60]

LOL, I first heard this on "Sabrina and the Groovy Gholies" Saturday morning cartoon show I watched as a kid! The following Monday, all the kids in my 5th grade class were singing "Chick a boom". Thanks Ron, for ths one. :)

[bze2nlz1]

I haven't heard this in years--what a find!

I was a bit older than others that have commented here, so I have different memories of this time--I was 'partying' by then, lol! Thanks for posting, Ron.

[eihwazone]

thanx ron.....i jes'love it!!

[PollieHollie67]

LOL!!!!!! I have never heard this before.HA! Thanks for this, Paula xoxox

[rwells47]

You are welcome Paula! Have a good week. Ron

[panzram97]

I remember eating at the bar at my Dads' restaurant and playing this song on the jukebox, I was probaly about 7, thanks for posting.

[rwells47]

You are very welcome panzram97!  Ron

[tallpaul559]

Great job on the slide show...took me right back to Jr. Hi.

[Katherine0862]

Yeah, only for me it was the summer between 3rd and 4th grade :P

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

I really dug this song back in the fall of 1971 when it was played often enough being it was a top 10 hit. It reminded me of that green door by jim lowe, and "whats that secret your keeping". In the case of chick-a-boom, he opens the door(s) even tho its in his dreams. Thanks for posting this fantasy of a rock&roll gem.

[Katherine0862]

I remember swinging on the swings as a kid singing this song with my friend...that's how often it got played!

[laura060366]

Cute song and video!