Do Wah Diddy Diddy

In America, though, his two biggest hits were covers.

Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, that went to number one, and Dylan's The Mighty Quinn hit number 10.

Down the street.

Blinded by the light.

So that was, that was me and music.

Um, yeah, the very first piece of music I rem- I've got from those early days was, um, I don't know whi- which came out first, but, uh, The, The Beatles' "She Loves You" I've, I've still got on seven inch in terribly scratched format, and, uh, "Do Wah Diddy" by Manfred Mann, which would've been probably similar, maybe a, maybe a little bit later.

Fantastic.

What a, um, musical upbringing you've had, which, uh, sounds to be incredibly diverse from what your mom was listening to versus what your dad was listening to, and then in your gran and grandad's music shop, that rental shop.

I'll use other call and response songs.

Think like, uh, Doo Wah Diddy.

Yeah.

I, you know what?

That's on the playlist.

Yeah, let's play some Doo Wah Diddy 'cause we, we're, we're talking a lot and we're not playing some songs, and that, that, that's okay.

This is all awesome.

But yeah, dude, let's play a little bit of Doo Wah Diddy from Manfred Mann.

It made number five in the UK.

And this was before Manfred Mann became known for, you know, Do I Diddy.

Remember that one, Jim? Of course.

And Blinded by the Light.

So what's the name of the song? I think it's just

called Do Wah Diddy.

Or Sing Do Wah Diddy.

There she comes, just a-walking down the street, singing.

And then, pretty, oh yeah, right, okay.

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