Cathy Carroll - Poor Little Puppet

I've always loved Jan & Dean's version of this, but here's the Cathy Carroll version of "Poor Little Puppet". Very nice! Got to #91 in the US in 1962.

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• Cathy
• Carroll
• Poor
• Little
• Puppet
• 1962

[doowopman49]

HI SIRBASIL, REAL NICE JOB HERE! THANKS FOR THE TREAT,TOM D.

[SirBasildeBrush]

@doowopman49 a pleasure. A favourite of mine.

[fuhserious]

Pretty bizarro, finding this on here. She is my mother! Seriously.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Well I never!! Hello to your mom, great song.

[singinjohnny]

I listened to both of Jan & Dean versions but still can't recall them. I grew up in NYC and perhaps their version of this song wasn't released there. But Cathy Carroll's version barely made the charts and is firmly in my memory. I'm always fascinated by early "low tech" production techniques. And the use of such simple items as a toy piano with echo and delay produced a most distinctive and memorable sound considering what was available back then. There's an ocarina in there also. Love it.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Thanks. I had to Google an 'ocarina' to find out what it is!

[whopfrog]

Nice tune. This one is addictive.

[oldiesrnow]

Great stuff, SirBasil! Thanks!

[santinasiford05]

dude, these are hilarious!! download this in downloadmusic .im

[krushnoi]

I like all the rather odd instruments on this record, the flute- like organ sounds was later used in Sugar Shack by the Fireballs a few years later to good effect. I wonder if they got the idea from this song? Seems like this song should have been higher in the charts considering 1962 wasn't exactly a banner year for songs.

[llibnorhcop]

Not bad for a mother with talent!

[henrydeemusic]

Well, hello Cathy Carroll! Gosh, I love this song! Reminds me a little of "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers. I played this 45 over and over.

Cathy's vocal and harmony dub is fantastic, the toy piano and overall production. To Cathy's son: Hello! How are you ? Please say hi to your mom! The song is also available on a collection put out by the Eric label called "Teen Time: The Young Years of Rock and Roll/ Volume 1 :Love Me Forever.

[le3verita]

very nice  thanks !

[flogsausage]

Hey there fuhserious - I am a writer and music historian. I've been trying to find information about your mom. Please contact me.

Thanks!!

[cd637299]

@fuhserious......I heard this song for the first time on an "obscure oldies" show on a station out of Kentucky. It's arguably my favorite oldie from that show! Tell her "great song" for me!

[singinjohnny]

@fuhserious It must be intriguing, to say the least, to hear your mother on Youtube. My mother sang but it was back in the early '40s and she was never recorded. My compliments to her! I used to hear this song on my 6-transistor radio as a kid. I love her voice and the most imaginative musical arrangement on this recording.