This is a clever early 1960s girl-group style pop song but the backing vocals going "diddle diddle diddle" - first male then female - were too much for me.
The Raindrops were a duo consisting of the husband-and-wife team of Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009) and Jeff Barry (born 1938). Their recording career consisted of seven singles, of which this song was the second.
The Raindrops stopped releasing singles in 1965 and divorced. They went on to successful careers as songwriters, first together and then separately; their songwriting credits include "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", "Da Doo Ron Ron", and Darlene Love's classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (all with Phil Spector). They were both inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991.
Created November 11, 2026.