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  2. sblake's avatar sblake Says:

    July 18, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    This song about a bashful girl in a tiny bikini was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Vance was inspired after watching his 2-year-old daughter Paula at the beach in her new bikini. Brian Hyland was a 16-year-old High school sophomore at the time of this recording.
    For most of his adult life, a man named Paul Van Valkenburgh claimed that he wrote this under the name Paul Vance, and that he sold the rights to it when he was young. Even his wife, who he was married to for 40 years, believed him. When Valkenburgh died in 2006, his obituary reported that he wrote the song, and relatives of the real Paul Vance received condolences, only to find out that Vance was very much alive and had the royalty checks to prove that he really did write the song. According to Vance, he has no ill feelings toward Valkenburgh, and claims that the song has made him several million dollars.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      July 19, 2011 at 11:05 am

      sblake,
      That’s a funny story. First of all it was a 2 year old who inspired the song not some buxom teenager, and Valkenburgh had everyone believing him. If I were his wife, I would have asked about royalties. I guess she was just trusting!


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