Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"
"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"
Single by The Rivingtons
from the album Doin' the Bird
B-side	"Deep Water"
Released	March 16, 1962
Recorded	February 1962
Studio	Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Novelty; doo-wop;
Length	2:17
Label	Liberty
Songwriter(s)	Carl White; Al Frazier; Sonny Harris; Turner Wilson Jr.;
Producer(s)	Adam Ross
The Rivingtons singles chronology

"Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" is a novelty nonsensical doo-wop song by the Rivingtons in 1962. It peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[1] and number 35 on the Cashbox charts.^[2] The band released two similar follow-up songs over the next several months, "Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow (The Bird)" and "The Bird's the Word".

^ Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 by Joel Whitburn, Record Research Publications, Menomonee Falls, WI - ISBN 0-89820-155-1
^ Cashbox Pop Singles Charts 1950-1993 by Pat Downey, George Albert, and Frank Hoffmann, Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, CO - ISBN 1-56308-316-7

[1] Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 by Joel Whitburn, Record Research Publications, Menomonee Falls, WI - ISBN 0-89820-155-1

[2] Cashbox Pop Singles Charts 1950-1993 by Pat Downey, George Albert, and Frank Hoffmann, Libraries Unlimited, Englewood, CO - ISBN 1-56308-316-7

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