# Party Doll > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Party_Doll > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Party_Doll.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Doll > Source revision: 1320394876 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox song | name = Party Doll | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [Buddy Knox](/source/Buddy_Knox) | album = Buddy Knox | B-side = My Baby's Gone | released = 1957 | recorded = 1956 | studio = [Norman Petty Recording Studios](/source/Norman_Petty_Recording_Studios) ([Clovis, New Mexico](/source/Clovis%2C_New_Mexico)) | venue = | genre = [Rockabilly](/source/Rockabilly), [rock and roll](/source/rock_and_roll) | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=12}} | label = [Roulette](/source/Roulette_Records) | writer = [Buddy Knox](/source/Buddy_Knox)
[Jimmy Bowen](/source/Jimmy_Bowen) | producer = [Norman Petty](/source/Norman_Petty) | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep | next_year = 1957 }} "'''Party Doll'''" is a 1957 [rock 'n' roll](/source/rock_'n'_roll) song written by [Buddy Knox](/source/Buddy_Knox) and [Jimmy Bowen](/source/Jimmy_Bowen).[Bronson, Fred](/source/Fred_Bronson) (2003). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Hits'', 5th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 19. It was performed by Buddy Knox{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19759/m1/ |title=Show 11 - Tennessee Firebird. [Part 3], Big Rock Candy Mountain. [Part 1] }} with the Rhythm Orchids, recorded in April 1956, and it became a hit on the [Roulette](/source/Roulette_Records) label. ==Background== Buddy Knox was a teenager living near [Happy, Texas](/source/Happy%2C_Texas), in 1947 when he wrote the original verses of "Party Doll" behind a haystack on his family farm. While attending college at [West Texas State University](/source/West_Texas_A%26M_University), he and two college friends, Jimmy Bowen and Don Lanier, traveled to [Clovis, New Mexico](/source/Clovis%2C_New_Mexico), to record the song at [Norman Petty Recording Studios](/source/Norman_Petty_Recording_Studios). Knox's sister and two of her friends, Iraene Potts of Amarillo and a neighbor, sang background vocals on the song and a girl from the marching band of Clovis High School was recruited to play [cymbal](/source/cymbal). After pressing copies of the record on the Triple D label, a [DJ](/source/Disc_jockey) in [Amarillo](/source/Amarillo%2C_Texas) began playing "Party Doll" in 1956 and it soon became a regional hit. After being contacted by Roulette Records in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), the song was distributed around the U.S. and became a chart-topping hit, spending a week at No. 1 on the Top 100 chart, the precursor to the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), in March 1957. In Canada, the first issue of the [CHUM Chart](/source/CHUM_Chart) had the song at No.17 on May 27, 1957{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/chart-57-05-27.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 27, 1957}} [Jerry Allison](/source/Jerry_Allison), drummer for [The Crickets](/source/The_Crickets) (who also recorded for Petty at Clovis), stated in an interview that the drum on Party Doll (which he said was played on a cardboard box) was the inspiration for the drum sound he used for "[Not Fade Away](/source/Not_Fade_Away_(song))". ==Cover versions== *Almost immediately after Roulette released Knox's version, competing renditions of "Party Doll" were recorded and released by other record labels. [Wingy Manone](/source/Wingy_Manone) and [Roy Brown](/source/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)) recorded R&B versions which saw some success. *A less [rock and roll](/source/rock_and_roll) version by singer [Steve Lawrence](/source/Steve_Lawrence) (with [Dick Jacobs](/source/Dick_Jacobs) conducting the orchestra) also became a pop hit that year, reaching No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100.[Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 359. Lawrence's take was released on the [Coral](/source/Coral_Records) label. *[The Crests](/source/The_Crests) - for their 1960 album, ''The Crests Sing All Biggies.'' *[The Fleetwoods](/source/The_Fleetwoods). *[Ronnie Dove](/source/Ronnie_Dove), several years before he became a star, recorded the song in 1961 with his band, the Bell Tones, for [Decca Records](/source/Decca_Records). *It was also one of several rock and roll standards recorded by [Lindisfarne](/source/Lindisfarne_(band)) on their 1987 party album ''C'mon Everybody'', and released as a single. ==In popular culture== * Knox's version was included on the [soundtrack](/source/41_Original_Hits_from_the_Soundtrack_of_American_Graffiti) to the 1973 film ''[American Graffiti](/source/American_Graffiti)''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/Buddy-Knox-With-Rhythm-Orchids-Party-Doll/release/1036299 Buddy Knox 7" vinyl info at discogs.com] {{Steve Lawrence}} {{The Jets (British band)}} {{Authority control}} Category:Songs about parties Category:1957 singles Category:Buddy Knox songs Category:Steve Lawrence songs Category:The Fleetwoods songs Category:Billboard Top 100 number-one singles Category:Roulette Records singles --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Party Doll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Doll) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_Doll?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.