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Permalink*Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell (Who's Got De Ding Dong?)*
Playlist (12 versions - 1954-1962):
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=ijLEcsW9jDg,0CFJtmSwwEI,-gRyjipJc7o,TpGsmUoyuIg,m95c1n86K80,P4ts5RNCjWw,cBdA2Z48078,Fcxxs4mzGlA,xWKgmrz3GV0,MjcJknLx8xc,jbmKqI1Dmww,R4fGxcuKfgs,
(apologies for sound volume sometimes varying from track to track)
1. Eartha Kitt with Henri René's Orchestra And Chorus [RCA 5610] - Jan
1954
2. Georgia Gibbs [Mercury 70298] - Jan 1954
3. Ella Fitzgerald [Decca 29008;b-side] - Feb 1954
4. Edmundo Ros [UK Decca F.10263] - Feb 1954
5. Sylvia Sims, The Carillons & The Larry Clinton Orchestra [Bell
1032] - Mar 1954
6. The Beverley Sisters with Wally Stott AHO [UK Philips P.B.257] -
Apr 1954
7. Marion Williams [UK Columbia D.B. 3451] - 1954
8. Svend Asmussen - Sweden 1954
9. The Mellomen - 1954
10. Olga Lee - Argentina, 1956
11. Caterina Valente and Silvio Francesco [Germany EP Polydor 21 516]
- 1959
lyrics end with "Somebody Good Found De Wedding Bell"
12. Chubby Checker [LP Parkway 'Limbo Party'] - 1962
many amusing additions to the standard lyrics
Morey Amsterdam [UK MGM SP-1086] - Apr 1954
*not found*
Flo Harper with Enoch Light AHO [Prom 1073;b-side;Newark NJ] - 1954
*not found*
George Browne [UK Parlophone CMSP 17] - 1954
*not found*
Les Welch [AU Festival 327] - 1954
*not found*
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LYRICS as sung by Eartha Kitt:
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Now, nobody can get married
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell
We got sarsaparilla soda on the ice
We got shoes and rice and free advice
We got a bridal suite in Honeymoon Hotel
But what good is that without a wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Now, nobody can get married
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell
All day the people look at the steeple
But they don't see the bell
We got very fine detective, Sherlock Jones
And he's sure to question every man
So in the marketplace where people buy and sell
He's sure to arrest the one who sells the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell
We got solos by the island singing band
We got lots of sun and lots of sand
We got lover's moon we got a wishing well
And oh how I wish we had a wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Somebody bad stole de wedding bell
Now, nobody can get married
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Who's got the ding dong who's got the bell
Somebody know but nobody tell
Cause somebody bad stole de wedding bell
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OVERALL MEANING of the song:
In Eartha Kitt's song 'Somebody Bad Stole The Wedding Bell,' the
lyrics paint a picture of a town that has all the fixings for a
wedding celebration, except for one crucial element - the wedding
bell. The bell is stolen by an unknown culprit, leaving the
townspeople in a state of panic as they cannot properly celebrate
their weddings without it. Throughout the song, the singer asks who
has the bell, but no one seems to know or is willing to speak up.
The song sets the stage for a lighthearted and comical storyline, as
it highlights the trivial nature of the bell in the grand scheme of
things. However, it also shows that oftentimes it's the little things,
like a wedding bell, that can bring people together and make a
celebration complete. It's a reminder to appreciate and not take for
granted the small details that make life special.