Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:12:54 -0400

From: "Barry A. Popik" Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: pop one's fingers



"There she was just a-walkin' down the street

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

Poppin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do."



The key here is to search for "finger poppin'," not "finger popping."

With some stupid computers it makes all the difference.

A search through the card file at NYPL Lincoln Center shows "Finger

Poppin'," Horace Silver, composer (music only), 1958, catalogued at JNF

78-98.



"Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do."



R.E.M.'s song "Action" has "I'm finger poppin'/You do the dancin'/You do

the skakin'/You're looking right now."

The Grateful Dead's song "Money, Money" has "My baby gives me the

finance blues/Tax me to the limit of my revenues/Here she comes

finger-poppin', clickety-click/She says furs or diamonds, take your pick."

Hank Ballard was (is?) a performer who was elected to the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1960, his song "Finger Poppin' Time" made #2 on the

R&B chart and #7 on the Pop chart.



"Now we're together nearly every single day

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do

We're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay

Singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do."



THAT'S IT! NO MORE "FINGER-POPPING"! NO MORE "DO WAH DIDDY"! THAT'S

NOT HOW WE'RE GONNA STAY! GET OUTTA HERE!!!!!