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20 Best Gibberish Lyrics: No. 12

"Ba ba bom ba ba bom ba ba dang a dang dang ba ba ding a dong ding"
--'Blue Moon,' The Marcels (1961)

Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote 'Blue Moon' in 1934 -- but didn't write the words above. Singers from Ella to Elvis have tackled the song, but Pittsburgh quintet the Marcels sent it into outer space by adding syllables that were far out even for doo-wop. Rodgers was so horrified by their recording he took out an ad begging folks not to buy it -- he may have changed his tune about his changed tune when the royalties poured in from this million-seller.

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Nicole

I would very much like to suggest some songs.
In the Flight of the Conchords theres some pretty hilarious gibberish
Think about it - What's wrong with the world today anehseh neseh nay neh nay.
Leggy Blonde- Hoop, leggy blonde you got it goin' on, wanna see you wear that thong thong thong, see you get it on 'til the break of dawn nemnemnemnem panites on.

June 01 2010 at 10:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sespruiell

The lyrics are, "Bomb ditty bomb di bomb di bomb bomb ditty bomb ditty bomb di dang di dang dang di ding di dong ding." Get it right huh?

January 30 2009 at 7:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ljpolit

One of the original Marcels was white; this picture is not correct. Also, the Marcels got very little in royalties because the rights to the song were sold before the song became a hit.

January 30 2009 at 7:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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bruce young

HE"s right about a white member of the original Marcels except there were actually two white singers. Richard knauss and Gene bricker. They left the group in 1961 after experiencing racial backlash while touring southern venues as one of the first bi-racial singing groups.

June 01 2010 at 8:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
THOMAS

Elvis' version of Blue Moon was a very slow one. The Marcel's was an upbeat dance version

February 17 2008 at 6:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kae

I think this is one of the best songs ever, I love it!

June 25 2007 at 11:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
p curley

Elvis did both "Blue Moon" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on his "Sun Sessions" CD. I have the cassette version. Yes,his "Blue Moon" was completely different than the Marcels hit.

June 25 2007 at 8:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lemonpie

im a big fan of elvis and yes he did sing blue moon but not like they did

June 20 2007 at 7:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ben

Elvis didn't sing this version of "Blue Moon." He did sing "Blue Moon Of Kentucky."

June 14 2007 at 10:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply