Kookie,_Kookie_(Lend_Me_Your_Comb)

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

1959 single by Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens

"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" is a song written by Irving Taylor and performed by Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens. The single was produced by Karl Engemann and arranged by Don Ralke,[1] and was featured on Byrnes' 1959 album, Kookie Star of "77 Sunset Strip".[2]

Quick Facts from the album, B-side ...

Background

It was based on Byrnes' character from the television show, 77 Sunset Strip. The song is mostly spoken, except when Kookie sings the bridge section: "I've got smog in my noggin' ever since you made the scene...", and makes use of Beatnik slang. Connie continually interrupts him, asking him to lend her his comb. When he finally asks her, "What's with this comb caper, baby?...", she says she wants him to stop combing his hair and kiss her. Kookie likes the sound of that, ending up saying, "Baby, you're the ginchiest!".

Chart performance

It reached No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart, No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 30 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1959,[3] and ranked No. 37 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.[4]

Other versions

References

  1. [1]
    "Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens, "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Single Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "Edward Byrnes, Kookie Star of "77 Sunset Strip"". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens, "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Chart Positions". Musicvf.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "Spike Jones, 60 Years of "Music America Hates Best"". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It, The Vindaloo Summer Special". Discogs.com. 1986. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "Anthrax's Charlie Benante Remembers Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes: "We had so much fun filming 'Married with Children' with him"…". Full in Bloom. 10 January 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.



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