"Da Doo Ron Ron" is a 1963 hit single by The Crystals
produced by Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. The song
was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector; on June
8, it reached number three on the
BillboardHot 100. It also reached number five in the UK.
According to Darlene Love (another of Spector's recording
artists) the track was originally recorded by The Blossoms,
with Love herself on lead vocal. Prior to release, Spector
erased Love's lead and replaced it with a vocal by the
Crystals' Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, although he kept the Blossoms'
backing vocals in place.
Bette Midler recorded a cover of the song for her album
Bette Midler(1973). The song is performed as a medley
with "Uptown" and "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)".
Bootlegged studio recordings of the song are found by such
artists as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys (
Keepin' The Summer Aliveera). It became a #1 Billboard
hit in 1977, launching the career of teen idol Shaun Cassidy.
(The words were changed slightly to keep it a boy-girl song.)
All-girl rock band The Donnas recorded a version of the song as
a single, which was later placed on the 1998 re-release of
their 1997 self-titled cd. Other artists who have covered this
song include The Carpenters, Jack Nitzsche, Ian Matthews, The
Raindrops, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and The Searchers.
In 2004, this song was ranked #114 on Rolling Stone's list
of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.