“Lollipop” is a pop song written by Julius Dixson and Beverly Ross in 1958 for the duo Ronald & Ruby, which was covered most successfully by The Chordettes. Dixson’s name is sometimes spelled “Dixon”. The song is a firm favorite amongst many performing barbershop music.
The song originated when Julius Dixon was late for a songwriting session with Beverly Ross. He explained that his daughter had gotten a lollipop stuck in her hair, and that had caused him to be late. Ross was so inspired by the word “lollipop” that she sat down at the piano and produced a version of the song on the spot. Beverly Ross recorded a demo of the song with Ronald Gumm, a 13-year old neighbor of Dixon, under the name Ronald & Ruby. Ross’ mother insisted that she use a pseudonym for safety reasons, because they were an interracial duo.
RCA got hold of it and Dixon, who owned the master and had produced the demo, agreed to let them release it. Ronald and Ruby’s version rose up the chart reaching #20.
“Lollipop” was then covered in the United States by female vocal quartet The Chordettes whose version reached #2 and #3 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts, respectively. The song became a worldwide hit. The Chordettes’ version reached #6 in the UK, where there was also a cover version by The Mudlarks which made #2.
The Argentinian band Viuda e Hijas de Roque Enroll had a hit in the mid 1980s using interpolations of the two most popular “Lollipop” songs: the Dixson and Ross version, and “My Boy Lollipop”. Samples of the original Ronald and Ruby version were also used.
The song was also covered by Steven Seagal for his album Songs from the Crystal Cave and by children’s entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, on their 1995 album Let’s Dance!.
Squeak E. Clean & Desert Eagles covered and remixed the song for the film Whip It.
Kenny Loggins covered it on his 2009 album All Join In.
The song was used in the movies Crazy Mama (1976), Eskimo Limon (1978), Shifshuf Naim (1981), Stand by Me (1986), Harrison Bergeron (1995), Chicken Little (2005), Planet 51 (2009) and Whip It (2009). It was also used in an episode of the American drama CSI, as well as Cheers and Scrubs.
On the TV sitcom Cheers, Norm and Cliff sing their own rendition of the song, after sucking helium to give themselves a higher sounding voice.
In The Simpsons episode “The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase”, in the “Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour” sketch, Jasper tries to sing “Lollipop”, but when he tries to do the pop sound effect, his teeth fall out.
In a 1977 episode of Happy Days entitled “Time Capsule”, the gang is accidentally locked in a vault and Potsie sings “Lollipop” to try to cheer everyone up.
The 2005 video game Stubbs the Zombie uses a version of the song by Ben Kweller. It was also remixed by Junkie XL for the popular game Destroy All Humans.
An episode of Cold Case on CBS began with the song.
The song was the signature song of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation show Lollipop, airing from 1989 and presented by Rune Larsen.
In 2009, factory workers sing the song on a Dell computer commercial.
In 2011 the song was used in the trailer for the videogame Lollipop Chainsaw
By The Chordettes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4
Lyrics
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