Fun Music Information -> Dovells
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Band Name Origins:
- This Philly-pop group, who did the "Bristol Stomp", the "New Continental", and "You Can't Sit Down", was actually named for the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, where their producer stayed in the winter. Submitted by: jonaco
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Len Barry" | "The Dovells had one big hit with "Bristol Stomp". As a soloist , Len Barry had an equally big hit with "1-2-3". He had another fairly big solo hit with "Like a Baby" and a minor hit with "Somewhere", " | - Barry Disbrow |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "You Can't Sit Down," | Unless you have an extreme case of hemoroids. | Barry Disbrow |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "You Can't Sit Down" | "Get On Up," Esquires | Kathy |
| "You Can't Sit Down" | "Dance With Me," Orleans | Kathy |
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"You Can't Spit Down" originally "You Can't Sit Down"
But wouldn't the other way defy laws of gravity?
Peter
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Bristol Stomp" | "The Bristol Pump" | John A. Barry |
| "The Bristol Stomp" | "The Cystal Stuff" | Jonathan Williams |
| "The Bristol Stomp" | "The Pistons' Romp" | Michael McVey |
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| You Can't Sit Down | Preparation H | Josh |
| Bristol Stomp | WWE | Jon Williams |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Bristol Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics: Kids in Bristol are sharp as crystal
When they do the Bristol Stomp. Original Lyrics: Kids in Bristol are as sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp. | "Bristol Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics: The stars are spinnin' every Friday night
They dance the greatest if they do it right. Original Lyrics: They started spinnin' every Friday night
They dance the greatest and they do it right. |
"Bristol Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics: We tony and twistel
And we razz-matazz, you see. Original Lyrics: We pony and twisted
And we rocked with Daddy G. | "Bristol Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics: Really somethin' when the joint is jumpin'.
Original Lyrics: Really somethin' when they join in jumpin'.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Bristol Stomp"
The Lyrics: The kids in Bristol are sharp as a thistle
When they do the Bristol stomp. Why: This refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, as I read in book, after I was grown. I was very young when the song came out. I lived in the southeastern U,S. at the time and assumed that the song must have been about the only Bristol I'd heard of at that time, the one on the border between Virginia and Tennessee. As I got a bit older, I learned that the original, and probably most famous, Bristol is in England, so I then assumed that was surely what the soneg was about. My belief was by then probably reinforced when the "British Invasion" in popular music was in full force. But in the long run I realized that 1961, when this song came out was a bit early for the "British invasion" to have been a significant influence. But it still wasn't until I read that book much later still that I finally realized that both of my guesses has been wrong as to which Bristol this was about.
Submitted by: Connie Brady
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