78 BOBBY DAY "LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE" HMV M-

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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS MEGA RARE ROCK AND ROLL CLASSIC FROM BOBBY DAY & THE SATELLITES ON THE UK HMV LABEL

BOBBY DAY little bitty pretty one

An important cog in Los Angeles' doo wop community during the '50s, Bobby Day wrote three often-covered early rock classics in 1957-1958. Day was part of the Hollywood Flames, one of the area's top R&B vocal groups, and briefly part of Bob & Earl, later to hit without Day on "Harlem Shuffle." Day formed his own group, the Satellites, in 1957, cutting the original "Little Bitty Pretty One" for Class Records. A nearly identical cover by Thurston Harris beat the original out, so Day countered with the driving "Rockin' Robin" in 1958, an R&B chart-topper. Its flip, "Over and Over," was a hit in its own right, although the Dave Clark Five's 1965 revival is better remembered today. Day waxed a few more hits for Class in 1959, including "That's All I Want" and a derivative "The Bluebird, the Buzzard & the Oriole," flitting from label to label during the '60s.

LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE

(Robert Byrd)

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Little bitty pretty one
Come on and talk-a to me
A-lovey dovey dovey one
Come sit down on my knee

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Little bitty pretty one
Come on and talk-a to me
A-lovey dovey, dovey one
Come sit down on my knee

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

"Little Bitty Pretty One" was written and originally recorded by Bobby Day, and popularized by Thurston Harris in 1957. It has most notably been covered by Frankie Lymon in 1958, Clyde McPhatter in 1962, the Jackson Five in 1972, Cliff Richard in 1983, Huey Lewis and the News in 1994, and Billy Gilman in 2000. The song has also been covered by The Doobie Brothers and has become a crowd favorite at their shows. The song is unusual in that the entire song is played with a single chord, F.

This song appears in a recent commercial for Lipton's Green Iced Tea. This song also appears in the movie Matilda, in a scene where the title character (played by Mara Wilson) gleefully uses her telekinesis to move everything in the room. The Thurston Harris version appears in the movie Christine and is also included on the soundtrack.

This song is also present in the British television serial Lipstick on Your Collar