Dorothy Collins - Tweedle-Dee - Feb. 26, 1955

[robertholliston]

I have to say I also prefer LaVern Baker's version of this song but it's always a great pleasure to hear Dorothy Collins - the original Sally in Sondheim's Follies, and whose rendition of "Losing My Mind" is still unsurpassed.

[nikiichan]

this is so cute :) I love her dress!!!!

[hebneh]

Dorothy is extremely perky and upbeat and cute, and she can sing nicely. However...if you edited this clip together with LaVerne Baker's version of this song, you'd get an immediate sense of what cover versions did to the sound of the originals. Especially you'd notice how different LaVerne's "humpty-ump-bump-bump" differs from Dorothy's!

But for mass consumption on a national TV show, that's the way it got done.

[VideosTimes2]

@hebneh it's still a matter of person taste...so you like the LaVerne Baker version better, which means that's only your opinion! Personally I don't...Dorothy's version was done to reflect the best selling recording of this song...after all she was singing it on "Your Hit Parade." Georgia Gibbs had the best selling version of the song. Dorothy also recorded it for her Audivox label, and there were many other recordings of the song, including one by Bonnie Lou on King that did pretty well.

[VideosTimes2]

@TrueLight55 Liking a song means it's the one you enjoy the most, and doesn't really reflect on anything other than opinion. Personally I prefer Dorothy's version, and the King recording of this tune by Bonnie Lou much more than the Elvis cover. After awhile all of Elvis' recordings started sounding alike.

[JubalCalif]

What a lovely lady & talented singer Ms Collins was. Such a sunny smile! And what a delightful video clip from the 50's! Thanks so VERY much for sharing it with us! :)

[VealParmigiana]

I like this, but check out Connie Francis' version of this song on YouTube

[buffyfansmg1]

fantastic voice!

[VideoSam16]

Actually this is more "Looking Glass", NOT 'Wonderland'.

She also looks like a mix of Mousketeer Darlene as Dorothy in "the Rainbow Road to Oz" and the Carol Marsh "Alice" too.

[brudswick]

I cant beleive any one was ever that happy. its sickening to me that people were ever that fake. and on the off chance I'm wrong, what the hell happend to the world?

[OSCALETRAINGUY]

ITs A fantastic Song in 2009..

I love it..MUZIC>>to my ears..

Steve In Canada love the SAX

[VideosTimes2]

Dorothy was also a Canadian by birth, like her Hit Parade co-star, Gisele MacKenzie...and you!

[dianamaryflorence]

Back in '55, I thought that this song should have been first instead of seventh.

[dopestarinc9868]

trippy

[grandmagrumpy]

Hey!

That was on my birthday...won't say which one.

Your Hit Parade!

[rubbing2001]

Now that was exactly two years before i was born, what talent, the swing beat was awesome, she was beautiful, and the two dancers with her were outstanding.

[snowballie]

dOROTHY COLLINS-her work is now available. You can get her maerial from thje 50 period out on cd,they are now reissued and available.That is great. Her work from Coral records is now out. The Follies broadway show songs are available. She was really great in that show on broadway.A lot of Your Hit Parade shows are out on dvd now and are in great condition.She was the greatest.Even her work from radio with her then husband Raymond Scott is available on cd.She recorded a lot of Jazz material.

[hfelknor]

Kinda scary to realize this is the second time I have seen this. The first time was Feb 26, 1955...................

[imusfan48]

I'm gonna have nightmares of those two 'Alice In Wonderland' characters! Were they strange or what? But I love Dorothy, gotta find her CD'S and add to my collection.