My Boy Lollipop
| "My Boy Lollypop" | ||||
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| Single by Barbie Gaye | ||||
| B-side | "Say You Understand" | |||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Venue | New York City, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | Darl | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Spencer, Barbie Gaye (Co-credited to Johnny Roberts) | |||
| Producer(s) | Leroy Kirkland | |||
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"My Boy Lollipop" (originally "My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. It was first recorded in 1956 by American singer Barbie Gaye under the title "My Boy Lollypop". A later version recorded by Jamaican singer Millie Small in 1964, with very similar rhythm, became an international hit that time and is one of the first songs to introduce ska music.