| "Loop de Loop" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Johnny Thunder | ||||
| from the album Loop de Loop | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Be Ashamed" | |||
| Released | December 1962 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | Diamond | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Teddy Vann, Joe Dong | |||
| Producer(s) | Teddy Vann | |||
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"Loop de Loop" is a song written by Teddy Vann and Joe Dong and performed by Johnny Thunder featuring The Bobbettes. It reached No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart and No. 6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1963.[1] It was featured on his 1963 album Loop De Loop.[2] In Canada it reached No. 14 in 2 separate weeks.[3][4]
The recording was produced by Teddy Vann, and it was Thunder's only Top 40 hit.[5]
The chorus is taken almost in whole from the popular folk song or children's song, known by various names, including "Here we go Loop de Loop." A version of the folk song appeared as early as 1849 in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, as "Dancing Looby."
- ^ "Johnny Thunder, "Loop de Loop" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "Johnny Thunder, Loop De Loop". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 14, 1963". Chumtribute.com.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 28, 1963". Chumtribute.com.
- ^ "Johnny Thunder, "Loop de Loop" Single Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.