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Barry Palmer: ' Do Wah Diddy Diddy ' (Released 1987) Although many many people have covered this song over the past 40 years (see below) Barry Palmer's 1987 superb rock version does not appear, making his cover version of the song extremely rare and to most people, a version that few people will have heard. Barry's cover version features his unique powerful high rock voice for which he is most famous with German Prog Rock Super Group Triumvirat as their lead vocalist, followed by lead vocalist for the legendary Mike Oldfield (Discovery Album - 1985) Although Barry has mainly kept to the original arrangement of the song making it instantly recognisable as soon as it is played, listen out for his unique powerful high rock voice thereby making his rock version more in keeping with the traditional way he likes to perform. For those of you who like Barry Palmer's vocals and there are truly many fans all around the world, you are in for a real treat as despite its age, you will want to play Barry's version of 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' time and time again. It really is a cracking floor filler at parties etc. ENJOY! (barrypalmermusic.com/) History of 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy' was a song originally written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and was first recorded in 1963 by the American vocal group The Exciters. It was soon covered by British R&B, Beat and Pop Band, Manfred Mann. Their version quickly became much more commercially successful. They recorded it on 11th June 1964 and it was released on 10th July 1964 spending two weeks at No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964 and then a further two weeks at the No.1 spot in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October that same year. Previously Covered By: Do Wah Diddy Diddy" was covered by French singer Sheila in 1964, as "Vous les copains" It was also covered the same year by Québécois singer Tony Roman, as Do Wha Diddy. The British pop band, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich also covered the song, and it appears on their greatest hits album. Andrew Gold covered the song on his 1976 album What's Wrong with This Picture. It was again covered by German girl group À La Carte in 1980, and again by Dutch girl group the Dolly Dots in 1982. The Fools, a Massachusetts rock band, did their cover version in 1985 which was extensively played on MTV. It was parodied by the controversial hip hop group 2 Live Crew on their 1988 album Move Somethin', and then by the Macc Lads in their song Manfred Macc. The Moffatts released their cover of the song in 1995. The song was then remade by a Korean idol group Shinhwa in 1998. DJ Ötzi released his cover version in 2001. Riders in the Sky released a Monsters, Inc. version on the album Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favourites in 2002. The song was covered by Kramer on his LP "THE BRILL BUILDING", a collection of songs celebrating the 60-66 era of hit song writing in the Brill Bldg, released in 2012 on Tzadik Records Film / TV Appearances: As a result of the song's prominent use by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in the 1981 film Stripes, it has become a popular military cadence. The song is a repeated motif in LA Story, a 1991 film by Steve Martin. It was used as the theme song for the Philippine television series Ang TV during the 1990s. The song was sung by Jesse and the Rippers on Full House. The song was also sung by Melissa McCarthy during an episode of Mike and Molly after her character had gotten drugged up. The song was featured in the 1991 film My Girl, sung by main character Vada Sultenfuss when dealing with distressing situations The song was sung by Jill Taylor in the episode "Advise and Repent" on Home Improvement The songs tune was featured in Short Circuit 2 in an attempt to guide Sandy Banatoni to the Doo Wah's Chinese restaurant where Benjamin Jahrvi and Fred Ritter are trapped