Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu – Dickey Doo & The Donts 1958 Swan

GERRY GRANAHAN (aka Dickey Doo ) Best known publicly for singing with the 50s groups “Dicky Doo And The Don’ts” and “The Fireflies”, Gerry Granahan worked under several different pseudonyms including Gerry Grant. His highly successful career spans nearly 6 decades as both a highly successful singer/songwriter/recording artist and one of the most influential producers of pop-rock on the East Coast.Dickey Doo & the Dont’s started out as a joke with a purpose. Gerry Granahan, a producer, songwriter, and performer needed an alias under which he could release his newest record without getting into legal trouble with another record label to which he was already under contract and the alias turned into a successful recording act. Granahan, born in Pittston, PA, was a musician and singer who’d handled demos for Hill & Range aimed at Elvis Presley. Signed to Sunbeam Records in 1957, he had a hit in mid-1958 with “No Chemise Please,” a novelty song that got to number 23 on the Billboard chart. His next four singles stiffed, but then he found himself with a song that seemed like a certain hit, “Click Clack,” and a label — Swan Records of Philadelphia — that wanted to release it; moreover, with Swan behind it, the label’s silent partner, Dick Clark, would give it a boost on the local version of his daily music showcase, American Bandstand, thus ensuring it had every chance to become a hit. Granahan’s different contractual relationships, with Sunbeam and an earlier contract with …
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