Pipkins: The First Rap Song 1970

The Pipkins were a short-lived novelty duo, best known for their hit single "Gimme Dat Ding" (Albert Hammond / Mike Hazlewood), which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Charts and #9 on the U.S. charts in 1970. They were Roger Greenaway, best known as a member of several songwriting teams as evidenced by the track listing, and Tony Burrows, a singer who had fronted several groups (often simultaneously) such as Edison Lighthouse, The Flower Pot Men, White Plains, The First Class and Brotherhood of Man. The Pipkins also released two follow-ups as singles, "Yakety Yak" and "Are You Cooking, Goose?", but without success. "My Baby Loves Lovin'" had been a hit for White Plains, whilst "Sunny Honey Girl" was a Top 20 hit for Cliff Richard in 1971. According to the CD booklet for "The Sweet And The Pipkins", "Gimme Dat Ding" is considered "the first rap record". In the U.S., The Pipkins put out their own album in 1970. Called "Gimme Dat Ding!", it was on Capitol ST-483 and peaked at #132 on the Billboard album chart. It is a "concept album" in that the first song on it introduces the Pipkins and the last song on it has them falling through the "little hole" on the album. The album consisted of ten songs: 1. Here Comes The Kins 2. Sunny Honey Girl 3. Busy Line 4. Yakety Yak 5. Gimme Dat Ding 6. The People That You Wanna Phone You 7. My Baby Loves Loving 8. Are You Cooking Goose 9. You Can't Go Wrong 10. All You'll Ever Get From Me In addition, the Pipkins recorded 2 non-LP songs, "To Love You" and "Sugar And Spice", both of which are B-side singles. In all, the Pipkins recorded a total of 12 songs.