1950s/142: “Tallahassee Lassie” (Freddy Cannon)

“Tallahassee Lassie”, Freddy Cannon, 1959, Bruce Moore, Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, and Frederick Picariello (Freddy Cannon’s real name). #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Toronto’s CHUM charts.

This has got to be a fun song to sing for a professional. Big flashy rhymes, deep ah-ooos, what’s not to like. I wonder if people who live in Tallahassee are sick of it.

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