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NAME THAT TUNE TOURNEY - ROUND ONE

"Run Joey Run" - David Geddes

"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" - The Moody Blues

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David Geddes - Run Joey Run, 1975 • TopPop

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When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) dir. Fred Walton

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David Geddes - Run Joey Run (1975)

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Paul Vance, Writer of “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini,” “Run Joey Run” and Others, Dies at 92

Songwriter Paul Vance, best known as the lyricist of “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” and “Run Joey Run,” has died, The Washington Post reports.

Vance was 92 and died May 30.

His first hit was “Catch a Falling Star,” recorded by Perry Como in 1957. Inspired by Vance’s 2-year-old daughter and a family day at the beach, “Itsy Bitsy” was a hit for Brian Hyland in 1960.

Vance called the song a “money machine.” And it worked out well for Hyland, too.

“Many thanks to Paul Vance for giving a 16-year-old kid the opportunity to record ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini,’” Hyland wrote on Facebook. “The song gave me my career jump start.”

Vance’s last hit came in 1975, when he wrote “Run Joey Run” for David Geddes.

6/4/22

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