Words & Music by: Side A – Carl Maduri, Donna Kohler; Side B – Noel Sherman, Jack Keller
Musicians: Georgia Gibbs (lead vocals) with an orchestra & chorus conducted by Hugo Peretti
Recording sessions: New York (?), NY, 1958
Highest chart positions: US #32
Gibbs had 19 US Top 40 songs in her career and this was the last one of those. This might have done even better if there wasn't Teresa Brewer's version of the song (US #38) competing for the radio play at the same time.
The modern hula hoop was invented in 1958 and the hula hoop craze started in July that year. 25 million plastic hula hoops were sold in less than four months.
List price: Very Good+ is $5, Near Mint is $10
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