Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea

"Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and published in 1954.

The Four Lads

The best-known version in the United States was recorded by The Four Lads with teenage girls Lillian Pasciolla and others on February 27, 1954. The best-known version in the United Kingdom by Max Bygraves, also recorded in 1954.

The recording by The Four Lads was released in the US by Columbia Records as catalog number 40236. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on July 3, 1954, peaking at #18.^[1]

Max Bygraves version

Max Bygraves' version was recorded on 23 June 1954 with a children's chorus and orchestra directed by Frank Cordell, and released in the UK by HMV as catalog number B 10734. It entered the UK chart on 10 September 1954. It spent eight weeks on the chart, peaking at #7. The "Children" were from the Italia Conti school, which was just off Picadilly Circus at the time.

Media

The song is frequently featured in the game known as "One Song to the Tune of Another" in the long-running radio panel show, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Heino Gaze has written the German lyrics. The German title is identical with the original title. Bibi Johns und Die Starlets, Franz Thon und das Tanzorchester des NWDR, Hamburg, recorded it in Hamburg on September 5, 1954. The song was released by Electrola as catalog number EG 8116.

The song was sung by Dennis Day and the Sportsmen Quartet on the Jack Benny Show 28 September 1952. [Generic Radio Workshop OTR Script:Jack Benny Show. High Noon Sept 28, 1952] The Audio File does not contain this song.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.

The Four Lads

Don Farrar Aaron Bruce Frank Busseri Alan Sokoloff James F. Arnold Corrado Codarini Johnny D'Arc Sid Edwards John Bernard Toorish

Studio albums	On the Sunny Side (1956) Breezin' Along (1958) Swing Along (1959) Everything Goes!!! (1960)

Singles	"The Mocking Bird" "Somebody Loves Me" "Faith Can Move Mountains" [with Johnnie Ray] "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" "Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" "Skokiaan" "Moments to Remember" "No, Not Much!" "Standing On the Corner" "My Little Angel" "A House with Love in It" "The Bus Stop Song" "Who Needs You?" "I Just Don't Know" "Put a Light in the Window" "There's Only One of You" "Enchanted Island" "My Heart's Symphony"

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