The Diamonds - Little Darling

[Shawn]

[DudeAsInCool]

What year was this released? Did it hit 1? It sounds like a 50s song

[Shawn]

"Little Darlin'" is a popular Top 40 song covered successfully by The Diamonds, later recorded by Elvis Presley. The Diamonds version sat at #2 for eight weeks on the Billboard Top 100. Elvis' version was on his Moody Blue album.

The song, written by Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment heavily emphasizing the clave rhythm, was originally a rhythm and blues hit for the Gladiolas. The Diamonds heavily parodied the Gladiolas impassioned delivery with great success.

Released March 16, 1957

Format single

Genre Rock

Length 1:49

Writer(s) Maurice Williams

Certification Gold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darling

[Redneck4sure]

The Maurice Williams that Shawn mentioned was the Maurice Williams of Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs. He wrote lots of songs. Their big his was Stay.

The Diamonds were no "one hit wonder" 4sure. The formatting sucks but you can figger it out.

title billboard chart position year

 The Church Bells May Ring   14 1956

 Love, Love, Love   30 1956

 Soft Summer Breeze   34 1956

 Ka-Ding-Dong   35 1956

 Little Darlin'   2 1957

 Silhouettes   10 1957

 Words of Love   13 1957

 Zip Zip   16 1957

 The Stroll   4 1958

 Kathy-O   16 1958

 Walking Along   29 1958

 High Sign   37 1958

 She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)   18 1959

 One Summer Night   22 1961

I saw them perform that same tune on an oldies show on tv around 1970-1971.

[DudeAsInCool]

The Diamonds were no "one hit wonder" 4sure. The formatting sucks but you can figger it out.

I saw them perform that same tune on an oldies show on tv around 1970-1971.

I think they played that song at Koop's prom

[Redneck4sure]

I think they played that song at Koop's prom

I think it was a hit a few weeks after his retirement party.