1970 HITS ARCHIVE: Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins (mono 45)

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Composed for a British children’s TV series, this novelty number was first released by Freddie Garrity and was popularized soon-after in the top-10 Pipkins version featuring Tony Burrows (low voice) and Roger Greenaway (high voice).

Per Wikipedia: When Hammond and Hazlewood wrote and composed "Gimme Dat Ding," it was one selection from their musical sequence "Oliver in the Overworld," which formed part of the British children's show Little Big Time, hosted by Freddie and the Dreamers; this narrated a surreal story of a little boy seeking the parts to mend his grandfather clock. The lyrics of the song relate to this story, the song being sung by a metronome who has been expelled by the Clockwork King; the "ding" has been stolen from the metronome by the "Undercog."

Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 7, Record World 8, Billboard 9 - Easy Listening Peak: 20 - UK Peaks: 3 (MN), 4 (NME, MM), 6 (BMRB)

Transferred from mono 45 single Capitol 2819 - Gimme Dat Ding (Albert Hammond-Mike Hazlewood) by The Pipkins, arranged by Jim Sullivan, produced by John Burgess

THE 1970 HITS ARCHIVE - Here in one place, a comprehensive collection of ‘pop’ best-sellers and songs which made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1970 (some were recorded in 1969)