Tall Paul-Annette Funicello-original song 1959

[TheMrIvanyvienen]

i wanna go to malt shop and listen this music in the jukebox, only my dreams fuckkkkkk you can believe it?????

[Superbook4Eva]

It's total bubblegum, but it's a pretty tasty flavor. :) Love the spoken-word part.

Didn't Paul Anka write "Puppy Love" about his feelings for Annette?

[ewd76]

@Superbook4Eva

Really?? I was thinking the spoken part was the least appealing part.

[ChuChu353]

@Superbook4Eva So glad to hear that Annette continues to have fans :-)

Your are correct..... Paul wrote "Puppy Love" with Annette in mind in 1960

However "Tall Paul" was by Richard and Robert Sherman. They'd already had a hit with "You're Sixteen" for Johnny Burnett when they were hired by Walt Disney in1958 to write for Annette. Walt liked their work so much that he kept them on the payroll. In 1965 they won an Oscar for a film soundtrack they wrote for Disney. The film was Mary Poppins

[GonzoGuyy]

I do not remember this in American Graffiti. Great song, and such a wholesome girl. 

[iknowrosey]

this song wasn't on the american graffite sound track

[RDK860]

This song was originally recorded on the Disneyland Record label! Annette charted on BillBoard's Hot 100 List 1/5/59, peaking at no.7 & staying on the chart for 15 weeks! Everytime I did "Classic Sat. Nite" over the air-waves, this was my most requested song!

[dnewhope777]

Paul wouldn't have had to be very tall to her, I heard she's pretty short. :)

[ewd76]

@dnewhope777

But he is the captain of the football team.

[SelenaAbigailBanks]

Love The Sherman Brothers Songs! She Does it Well

[Tara2372]

@SelenaAbigailBanks  Did you see "The Boys" yet? Excellent, excellent documentary!

[SelenaAbigailBanks]

@Tara2372 No, But i'm trying to

[dconflict]

The funny thing about Annette Funicello recordings is that they cram in so much in a matter of minutes (most being under 3 minutes).

[inspectorcritic]

This may in fact been lyrics I wrote as a child trying to gain popularity and kindness back then. In reverse I was so small . . .

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

oooooh the wild fantasies this young lady inspried in all american red blooded boys of the 50's and 60's !! probably more then a few dirty old men as well, like I am now!

[Mastergenius00]

queen of rock n roll. and oldies.

[Mastergenius00]

best and most beautiful music the vocals are crystal clear and bassline is beautiful and the instrument are full of rock n roll surprices.

[Mastergenius00]

ORGINS OF ROCK N ROLL.

[alxndr01]

This was written by the Sherman Brothers who wrote all of the music for Disney and got the academy award for "Mary Poppins." It didn't have anything to do with Paul Anka. It's so sad that she has MS.

[cmulwee001]

Believe it or not this was first recorded by fellow Mousketeer Judy Harriet! Her version is on Before They Were Hits vol.2

[am9224]

DTV Disney

PAUL BUNYAN

THE DOGNAPPER

MICKEY'S STEAMROLLER

HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL

[Tigermoon1950]

Who cut the cheese?

[jhwink]

If this is about Paul Anka he was only 5'6...I wouldn't call that tall!

[billythedoggie]

@jhwink i believe it was about paul newman...at the time...annette had a big crush on him....from what i heard...then again i could just be making this up...

[jhwink]

@billythedoggie Possible but Paul Newman was only 5'9

[75capriceconvertible]

Love this song, I'm responding with my 45rpm

[saucygiggs]

I love Paul.

[ilegworldchamp]

John Milner still lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[THX1205]

This song is not part of the American Graffitti soundtrack! But is nice!

[andrewschwartzman98]

1959 song

[EHH246]

This was the song that got Walt to hire to the Sherman Brothers.

[thefairlysimple1]

i thought this song was about paul anka, as he was her boyfriend somewhere about the time this song came out.

[nylon100z]

But, Pul Anka wasn't Anette's husband?

[fm1020]

@nylon100z No. Paul was just a boy she was dating

[fm1020]

It was about Paul Anka and they were "dating"

[thefairlysimple1]

yeah i knew that they were "dating" i was given the album as a christmas gift, i went to see the mouseketeers when they came to sydney in , i think, 1956?i sat behind jimmy and bobbie, what they were doing in the audience , who knows, but being 9, i thought karen and cubby were my age, lol, and when karen came out she had make up on, and was a teenager. but i still loved them, even more, if that was possible, god, they were good days, thanks for replying

[Jibbie49]

@fm1020 Paul Anka was short.

Annette was so adorable.

[thefairlysimple1]

i had this album it also had love me forever on it i think it was a pink cover with her face on the cover, its so long ago, i must have been about 10

[brownies4you]

I was in the ninth grade when this soared up the charts. I remember cringing for a particular boy in my World Civilization class who was named Paul. He was painfully introverted and (in the ninth grade) rather short. There was a self-involved girl in this class who absolutely delighted in sarcastically singing this song's refrain whenever Paul shyly drifted into class. She always succeeded in getting some of the stuck-up kids to imitate her. The next year Paul was taller than all of them.

[oldgordo61]

Did you ended up marrying Paul? :-)

[123JDB789]

Ok..... Opie Cunningham.

[robertbowen]

king size charms?

[Bopalena]

Look! It's T.V.'s Opie!

[laggie24]

Uhhhh ... Weee what a King Size Boy....ha

[hillsongfan1]

Dishes on a tree. okey dokey then

[560Motard]

'initials on a tree......

[iamnaughty123]

Those were the better days for the USA. And we can't forget Wolf Man Jack blasting in from those Mexican radio stations. Thanks for the video

[Bandtrip50]

Yeah don't you just love those Mexican stations?

YUK!

[Gileohi]

heh, 1:26 that's Opie from the Andy Griffith Show

[123JDB789]

No.... it Richie Cunningham from Happy Days!

[Gileohi]

Hmm, looks alot like Opie

[sweetlilchickie1985]

He is both...okay? He is Opie and Richie from Happy Days. Ron Howard is both of them. He played Opie when he was a little boy and Richie when he was a teen.

[123JDB789]

Really!? Are you sure..... I thought he was that balding red-head that always wears a ball cap.....

[123JDB789]

....and directs movies like "Splash".

[sweetlilchickie1985]

That is him. That is what he does now...he's not an actor anymore, as far as I know he hasn't acted since the late '70s.

[123JDB789]

Simpleton! .... I know very well who he is..... now tell someone to teach you about the concept of SARCASM!

[oneandatwo]

Most of the cast wrecked this movie.

[titusjean]

Love this one!!!

[akytilop]

Great music. Annette is beautiful, inside and out.

[ChuChu353]

Indeed!!!

[Mastergenius00]

@akytilop outside in.

[Mastergenius00]

@akytilop we are so young

[rdf1947]

I was in 7th grade and madly in love with Annette.

[sparwood8]

This came out when I was in grade 8 (wow!)

[garrettsambo7]

I hate this song!

[ChuChu353]

Too Bad For You!!!!

Annette is a Goddess!!!!!

[Ireton06]

I like Annette's voice, such magic with it. And this quite a toe-tapper

[Mastergenius00]

@Ireton06 i wish i had a girl like her quilitys

[ronaldt491]

Check out your American Graffiti cd or movie. This song is not on it. Why is the cover featured on this song??

[ListenUp9]

Dontcha think it's more to signify the ERA?

[gen456789]

its nice eny was its good pics oh well

[ChuChu353]

oh, and ANNETTE!!!!!!!

[ChuChu353]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!! American Graffiti, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford and Wolfman Jack!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!