11 February 2013

Bad Manners "My Girl Lollipop" (1982) (single)

My Girl Lollipop, 7'' single
release date: Jul. 1982
format: vinyl (MAG 232)
[single rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,33]
producer: Roger Lomas
label: Magnet Records - nationality: England, UK

Tracklist: A) "My Girl Lollipop" (4 / 5) - - B) "Flashpoint"

Single release by English ska revival band Bad Manners taken from the band's fourth full-length album Forging Ahead (1982). The song is originally written by Robert Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts, and was first released by Barbie Gaye in 1956. With the Millie Small (aka Millicent Dolly May Small) 1964 version the song became became a big hit in the UK.
The Bad Manners cover version also became a top-10 hit on the UK singles chart list in '82.