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Ting-A-Ling

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Ting-A-Ling is also the culinary term for crushed candy cane
"Ting-A-Ling"
Song by The Clovers
Songwriter(s)Ahmet Ertegun

"Ting-A-Ling" is a 1952 song by The Clovers. "Ting-A-Ling" was The Clovers' final number one on the Billboard R&B chart;[1] however, the group continued its chart success throughout the 1950s.

Song background

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The last surviving original member of the Clovers, Harold Winley, told NPR that "Ting-a-Ling" was one of many Clovers hits credited to a songwriter known as "Nugetre". When spelled backwards, it was a pen-name belonging to the co-founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun. Winley says the pen name was a joke. "He'd laugh at it," Winley says. "Nugetre! Yeah! That's me."[2]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
  2. ^ "Summer Song Favorites: 'Ting-A-Ling'". Wbur.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.