[Fiji Hill]

I found out that the Bees' version from 1954 is not the original. It was first recorded by its writer, Dave Bartholomew, a big wheel on the New Orleans music scene for decades. Incidentally, both the Bees and the Spiders are from New Orleans.

My Ding-a-Ling --Dave Bartholomew (1952)

[a fool in paradise]

Dave’s still alive. I haven’t heard of him playing a gig in a few years but he did within the last decade.