Short Shorts

Album: Golden Classics (1958)
Charted: 3
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  • Mm, man, dig that crazy chick

    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts
    They're such short shorts
    We like short shorts
    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts

    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts
    They're such short shorts
    We like short shorts
    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts

    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts
    They're such short shorts
    We like short shorts
    Who wears short shorts?
    We wear short shorts Writer/s: Bill Crandall, Bill Dalton, Bob Gaudio, Tom Austin
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • George Pope from Vancouver BcAhh, back when teenage rebellion only involved short shorts, long hair and kissing, instead of leaked nudes, tattoos, & pregnancy! I personally think the music of the 1940-1950s extended this purer time, & the music of the 1970s-1990s swung it all the other way, & hard!
  • Firebird7479 from PhiladelphiaThe Four Seasons performed this on their 1971 Tour.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 12th 1958, the Columbia Picture's movie 'Let's Rock' premiered in New York City...
    One of the acts appearing in the film were the Royal Teens; they performed "Short Shorts", five months earlier on January 26th, 1958 the song peaked at #3 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    The only other Top 100 record featured in the film was "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors; it had peaked at #1 on December 22nd, 1957.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 15th 1958, "The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show" debuted on the ABC-TV network...
    The show ran until September 10th, 1960 with a total of 104 original episodes...
    Guests on the first show were Connie Francis, Pat Boone, Chuck Willis, the Royal Teens, Johnnie Ray and Jerry Lee Lewis...
    At the time the Royal Teen's "Shorts Shorts" was at #4 on Billboard's Top 100 chart; and twelve days earlier on February 3rd, 1958 the quartet lip-sync the song on Dick Clark's other ABC-TV program...
    {See the next post below}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 3rd 1958, the Royal Teens performed "Short Shorts" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Two weeks earlier on January 21st, 1958 it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #3 and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    The group had two other songs make the Top 100; "Harvey's Got A Girl Friend" (At #78 in 1958) and "Believe Me" (at #26 in 1959)...
    "Believe Me" is on You Tube, but can't find the "Harvey" record?
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