The song featured in the title sequence of an episode of Love/Hate.Le Tigre's song "Deceptacon" featured the lyrics "Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?"."Rama Lama Ding Dong" is played in many German ice rinks when the local team scores, as well as by Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg."Rama Lama Ding Dong" is heard in the film Children of a Lesser God, and is used by the character James Leeds ( William Hurt) to teach his class of hearing-impaired teenagers."Rama Lama Ding Dong" is heard in the Grease song, "We Go Together".In the song he asks the question, who put the ram in the 'Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong'. Barry Mann co-wrote a song called " Who Put the Bomp" in 1961, in which he sings about his girl falling in love with him after listening to some doo-wop style songs with their recognizable nonsense lyrics.Serbian doo wop band Vampiri covered the song in 1991.Rocky Sharpe and the Replays covered the song in 1979.British rock'n'roll band Showaddywaddy covered the song on their album The Very Best Of Showaddywaddy.A cover version of the song was performed on The Muppet Show once: in Episode 89 (or season 4, episode 17), the episode that also had Mark Hamill, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Chewbacca from Star Wars as guests, a shepherd, his sheep and his girl perform the song.( June 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Perkins II died in February 2014 at the age of 75. Marshall Sewell died of esophageal cancer on Jat the age of 75. ![]() Songwriter George Jones died of cancer on Septemat age 71. That group released an album, The Reynolds Brothers, featuring songs written by James and fellow Edsels member George Jones. In addition, James Reynolds performs with his five sons Jeff, Baron, Patrick, Chris and Carlisle (as the Reynolds Brothers). It is the official goal song of German soccer club VfL Wolfsburg. The song eventually became popular throughout the US, peaking at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ![]() It did not become popular until 1961, after a disc jockey in New York City began to play it as a segue from the Marcels' doo-wop version of " Blue Moon". The song was recorded in 1957 and released, under the erroneous title "Lama Rama Ding Dong", in 1958. Today the group is known almost exclusively for "Rama Lama Ding Dong", written by lead singer George "Wydell" Jones Jr. The Edsels were one of the few doo-wop groups to sign with a major record label, as most groups of that era found success with small independent labels before their national hit "Rama Lama Ding Dong", songs like "What Brought Us Together", "Bone Shaker Joe" and "Do You Love Me" helped the group land a major recording contract with Capitol Records in 1961. They recorded over 25 songs and had multiple performances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. The name of the group was originally The Essos, after the oil company, but was changed to match the new Ford automobile, the Edsel. The Edsels were an American doo-wop group active during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Dub Records, Twin Records, Roulette Records, Tammy Records, Capitol Records
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