Ya Ya

Album: Ya Ya (1961)
Charted: 7
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  • Oh, well, I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    It may sound funny
    But I don't believe she's comin'
    Uh huh, uh huh

    Baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh, uh huh
    Yeah, baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh, uh huh
    You know that I love you
    Oh, how I love you
    Uh huh, uh huh

    I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    It may sound funny
    But I don't believe she's comin'
    Uh huh, uh huh

    Baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh, uh huh
    Yeah, baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh, uh huh
    You know how I love you
    Oh, how I love you
    Uh huh, uh huh

    I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    I'm sittin' here, la, la
    Waiting for my ya ya
    Uh huh, uh huh
    It may sound funny
    But I don't believe she's comin'
    Uh huh, uh huh

    Baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh
    Yeah, baby hurry don't make me worry
    Uh huh, uh huh Writer/s: Clarence L Lewis, Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 22nd 1961, Lee Dorsey performed "Ya-Ya" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Eleven days earlier on September 11th, 1961 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 at position #95; and on October 30th, 1961 it peaked at #7 {for 1 week} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    The week it peaked at #7 on the Top 100 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1961 and 1969 he had nine Top 100 records; with two making the Top 10, his other Top 10 record was "Working in the Coal Mine" {it peaked at #8 for 2 weeks on August 28th, 1966}...
    Irving Lee Dorsey passed away on December 1st, 1986 at the young age of 61...
    May he R.I.P.
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