www.dodiestevens.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to jennettswann for the trivia below !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "I came here after reading Jerry Osborne's blog. He referenced a conversation he had with Ms. Stevens regarding the background dialog of "Dooley" and who spoke it? Her answer was that it was one of? the Jack Halloran Singers, most likely, whomever sang bass. She also mentioned that she was just 12 at the time of the recording... a bit of trivia I never knew jennettswan Thanks to jennettswann for the trivia above !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _On this date in 1959 {Feb. 16th} "Pink Shoe Laces" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100; eventually it peaked at No. 3 and spent 19 weeks in the Top 100 Ranked 15th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100? Singles of 1959 chart The day after this record entered the charts Dodie Stevens celebrated her 13th birthday... In 1960 she reached #60 with "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight", an answer record to Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonght?"... ... sauquoit13456 ____________________________________________________ Dodie is Rockin' as usual. (Polka dot vest, big Panama, Purple hat band) .......................................................................................... She is on YouTube: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Her official website is: www.dodiestevens.com .... + Informações

Dodie (and daughter, Stephanie) sing Dodie's big hit. This was recorded in 1999. I saw Dodie and Stephanie in concert last month and they still looked and sounded great! They put on a tremendous performance and Stephanie takes lead on some songs. She has a beautiful voice!. + Informações

Charted at #60 on Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960. Another answer record to "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley.. + Informações

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B-side of "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight". Dodie's version of the Nat King Cole hit from the early '50's.. + Informações

Dodie Stevens sings "Sailor Boy", a great track.. + Informações

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Famed for her girl group-era novelty smash "Pink Shoe Laces," teen singer Dodie Stevens was born Geraldine Anne Pasquale in Chicago on February 17, 1946. Raised primarily in California's San Gabriel Valley, as a child she took singing and dancing lessons, and at age eight issued her debut single "Merry-Go-Round and Round," released on the Gold Star label and credited to Geri Pace. In the years to follow she appeared regularly on local television programs, and while performing on the show Strictly Informal was spotted by Crystalette Records president Carl Burns, who rechristened the 12-year-old Dodie Stevens. Her first single for the label, "Pink Shoe Laces," reached number three on the Billboard charts in March of 1959; distinguished from the competition thanks to its daffy spoken verses, the record made Stevens a star, and that same year she issued her self-titled debut LP on Dot and also co-starred in the Don Siegel film Hound-Dog Man. Two more LPs -- 1960's Over the Rainbow and 1961's Pink Shoe Laces -- followed, as did an appearance in the 1961 feature Convicts Four, but Stevens proved unable to maintain her early momentum and retired from performing at 16, getting married and living on a farm in Missouri. She returned to music in 1966, later singing with Sergio Mendes & Brasil .... + Informações

Dodie Stevens (born Geraldine Ann Pasquale, 17 February 1946, Chicago, Illinois) is an American pop singer. She is best known for her 1959 song "Pink Shoe Laces", which made her a star when she was only 13 years old.. + Informações

www.youtube.com www.dodiestevens.com listen to the real deal here http -------------------------------------------------------------- Dodie Stevens with perfect voice and style. Candy Store Blues 45 oldie. (If you listen at the end you will hear Curt Furr from 1959) Some of Dodie's other greats include "Pink Shoe Laces"(Crystalette 724), "No"(Dot 16103), "Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight"(Dot 16167), "Merry, Merry Christmas Baby" (Dot 16166). She also was with Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77. Her website is dodiestevens.com. + Informações

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Famed for her girl group-era novelty smash "Pink Shoe Laces," teen singer Dodie Stevens was born Geraldine Anne Pasquale in Chicago on February 17, 1946. Raised primarily in California's San Gabriel Valley, as a child she took singing and dancing lessons, and at age eight issued her debut single "Merry-Go-Round and Round," released on the Gold Star label and credited to Geri Pace. In the years to follow she appeared regularly on local television programs, and while performing on the show Strictly Informal was spotted by Crystalette Records president Carl Burns, who rechristened the 12-year-old Dodie Stevens. Her first single for the label, "Pink Shoe Laces," reached number three on the Billboard charts in March of 1959; distinguished from the competition thanks to its daffy spoken verses, the record made Stevens a star, and that same year she issued her self-titled debut LP on Dot and also co-starred in the Don Siegel film Hound-Dog Man. Two more LPs -- 1960's Over the Rainbow and 1961's Pink Shoe Laces -- followed, as did an appearance in the 1961 feature Convicts Four, but Stevens proved unable to maintain her early momentum and retired from performing at 16, getting married and living on a farm in Missouri. She returned to music in 1966, later singing with Sergio Mendes & Brasil .... + Informações

Her real name was Geraldine Pasquale, but we know her as Dodie Stevens, and she'll always be associated with her 1959 hit, "Pink Shoe Laces". In the early 60's she covered a song which the Tune Weavers had made which was just a holiday reworking of Tune Weavers' hit "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" called "Merry, Merry Christmas Baby".. + Informações

Charted at #72 on Billboard Hot 100 in August 1960.. + Informações

Now i've got a guy and his name is dooley He's my guy and i love him truly He's not good lookin', heaven knows But i'm wild about his crazy clothes He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big panama with a purple hat bandOoh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh He takes me deep-sea fishing in a submarine We got to drive-in movies in a limousine He's got a whirly-birdy and a 12-foot yacht Ah, but thats-a not all he's got He's got tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big panama with a purple hat band Now dooley had a feelin' we were goin' to war So he went out and enlisted in a fightin' corps But he landed in the brig for raisin' such a storm When they tried to put 'em in a uniform He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big panama with a purple hat band Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Now one day dooley started feelin' sick And he decided that he better make his will out quick He said "just before the angels come to carry me I want it down in writin' how to bury me." A'wearin tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Give me tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big panama with a purple hat band Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh And a big panama with a purple hat band!!. + Informações

Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight was released on Dot 16167 in 1961. This was an answer song to Are You Lonesome Tonight. I hope you like this one. Please feel free to comment.. + Informações

Dodie Stevens (born Geraldine Ann Pasquale, 17 February 1946, Chicago, Illinois) is an American pop singer. She is best known for her 1959 song "Pink Shoe Laces", which made her a star when she was only 13 years old. Stevens and her family moved to the San Gabriel Valley in California when she was three. She soon started taking singing and dancing lessons. In 1954, at the age of eight, she recorded her first song, "Merry-Go Merry-Go Round." The song was performed on the Art Linkletter's House Party TV show and issued on Gold Star Records under the name Geri Pace. The president of Crystalette Records, Carl Burns, happened to see her in a local show called "Strickly Informal." Mr. Burns gave her the name Dodie Stevens and the song "Pink Shoe Laces." Although Stevens did not initially like her new name or the song, she recorded "Pink Shoe Laces" in 1959 for the Crystalette label. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She became the youngest female ever to sell a million copies of a single. Following the songs success, Dot Records signed her to a recording contract. In the early 1960s, she had several minor hit singles on Dot including "No" (Dot 16103) and "Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight" (Dot 16167),[1] as well as "Merry, Merry Christmas Baby"M. Sylvia / G. Lopez) and special lyrics by Jerry Ross (Dot 16166), which continues to enjoy considerable airplay during the Christmas season.. + Informações

Click on this link if it doesn't play in stereo by default: www.youtube.com This is not the original 1959 version. Dodie Stevens re-recorded this version about three years later for a stereo LP.. + Informações

Lovely Dodie Stevens sings a great song, "Dancing On The Ceiling".. + Informações

This is a classic released on Crystalette # 724 in 1959. She was only 13 years old when this hit. I like this one, I hope you do too. Thanks for listening :-). + Informações

Sarah singing Pink Shoelaces. A full circle moment for me! (Cue Elton John singing The Circle of Life). + Informações

www.youtube.com www.dodiestevens.com Poor Butterfly - Dodie Stevens - 1960 Oldie Her website is http. + Informações

Follow up hit to "Pink Shoelaces". + Informações

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Famed for her girl group-era novelty smash "Pink Shoe Laces," teen singer Dodie Stevens was born Geraldine Anne Pasquale in Chicago on February 17, 1946. Raised primarily in California's San Gabriel Valley, as a child she took singing and dancing lessons, and at age eight issued her debut single "Merry-Go-Round and Round," released on the Gold Star label and credited to Geri Pace. In the years to follow she appeared regularly on local television programs, and while performing on the show Strictly Informal was spotted by Crystalette Records president Carl Burns, who rechristened the 12-year-old Dodie Stevens. Her first single for the label, "Pink Shoe Laces," reached number three on the Billboard charts in March of 1959; distinguished from the competition thanks to its daffy spoken verses, the record made Stevens a star, and that same year she issued her self-titled debut LP on Dot and also co-starred in the Don Siegel film Hound-Dog Man. Two more LPs -- 1960's Over the Rainbow and 1961's Pink Shoe Laces -- followed, as did an appearance in the 1961 feature Convicts Four, but Stevens proved unable to maintain her early momentum and retired from performing at 16, getting married and living on a farm in Missouri. She returned to music in 1966, later singing with Sergio Mendes & Brasil .... + Informações

1959 movie - Dodie sings What Big Boy at a barn dance and Fabian sings Pretty Little Girl. Dodie had the hit Pink Shoelaces. Fabian released a different recording of Hound Dog Man. This is an imperfect video capture from VHS tape. You can find a private DVD of the movie on the internet.. + Informações

Geraldine Pasquale from Illinois was spotted by Crystalette Records boss Carl Burns, who changed her name and gave her this song. Good move. The fun song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. + Informações

Dodie Stevens on Dot Records.. + Informações