Help for 50's song

Hi all

In the 1950s I remember a bouncy little pop song which I thought was sung by Doris Day. The only snippet of lyrics I can recall are: "You! You! You!, I'm in in love with you! you! you!......".

I've searched heavily for this song on the web without success. I'm wondering whether someone else like Patti Page or Teresa Brewer sang it, although a quick look on the web doesn't show it against either of them, either.

Can you help? Like, did Doris in fact sing it? And what is the song title? This is probably one for oldies like me!

Cheers

Zeke

I think you will find that it was The Ames Brothers and you can find it here:
www.lyricsdownload.com/ames-brothers-lyrics.html

Thanks Rayoj.

These indeed are the lyrics! Yes, I do recall that the Ames Brothers sang it, but so did a lady. I'm really struggling with her identity, it got a fair bit of air play on the radio in the 50s, so it must have been at least a minor hit.

I'll continue searching, but the words "You, you, you" are so common that the web search engines might not function all that effectively.

Cheers

Zeke

Zeke:


It could have been Dorothy Collins.

http://raymondscott.com/DC/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172281/bio


Regards

Thanks Sandy

Her name doesn't ring a bell, but I'll do more research on her.

Cheers

Zeke

Zeke when I first read your post I thought it was Doris Day. After my previous post I began to think that you were thinking of her song Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.

Hi Rayoj

I've tried a couple of times to reply to you, but I got error messages. Lets try again..........................

Thanks for continuing to communicate and to help, I appreciate it.

No, I'm familiar with Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps by Doris Day. I know that internet search engines aren't going to show up everything, but I've been hitting it hard in recent times and have not found a single instance of anyone other than the Ames Bros recording it. There is not much on the internet concerning the Dorothy Collins suggested by a reply to my thread, and she does not ring a bell in my ageing memory banks anyway.

It was a hit in 1953 or 1954, and there was this alleged female version airing on the wireless (these were pre-transistor radio days!) sometime later in the 50s. This suggests to me that it must have been at least a minor hit, an alternative version to the Ames Bros' original. However, charts such as the top 40 and similar weren't really well developed until the advent of rock 'n' roll a year or two later, and it doesn't appear. It may not have made the charts anyway.

I've rung an old-time radio presenter (DJ) and asked him, but he's not familiar with any female version. This may however be my best bet - to contact someone who is probably 60+ years of age and who was up to date with popular music of the early to mid 1950s and who may work (or have worked) in the music industry. Do you know of any such person?

As I alluded, my memory banks are probably failing, but not on this score - there WAS a popular version by a female artist of the ilk of Doris Day, Patti Page, Teresa Brewer, Rosemary Clooney, Kay Starr etc.

Cheers

Zeke

I am searching for the words to this song by Doris Day (I think) for my new Grandson. Can anyone help?

Hal Hackady and Charles Naylor



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(Peaked at #42 on the Billboard Pop chart and # 14 on the Country & Western chart in 1963)
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Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
Please take me home and love me

I was passing by a toy shop on the corner of the square
Where a little girl was looking in the window there
She was looking at a dolly in a dress of rosy red
And around the pretty dolly hung a little sign that said
Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
Please take me home and love me

I recalled another toy shop on a square so long ago
Where I saw a little dolly that I wanted so
I remembered, I remembered how I longed to make it mine
And around that other dolly hung another little sign

Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
I had counted my pennies, just a penny shy
Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
Please take me home and love me
It was late and snow was falling as the shoppers hurried by
Past the girlie at the window with her little head held high
They were closing up the toy shop as I hurried though the door
Just in time to buy the dolly that her heart was longing for

Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
And I gave her the dolly that we both had longed to buy
Shake me, I rattle, squeeze me, I cry
Please take me home and love me