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

Dorothy Collins magically becomes Alice in Wonderland in this unique presentation of the #7 song on the Your Hit Parade survey for Feb. 26, 1955, as she sings Tweedle-Dee. This song was actually recorded by Dorothy for her and then-husband's label Audivox, but the actual hit record versions were those of country diva Bonnie Lou (King Records) and pop singer Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)...there were also R&B versions.

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[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.

[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!

[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!!!!

[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?