May 27, 2016

252 The Diamonds “Little Darlin’” 1957

“The song has appeared on more than 250 albums and experienced new life when it was part of the soundtrack to the 1973 film American Graffiti. Mr. Somerville was told by American soldiers that while fighting in Vietnam during the 1960s and 70s, they used the catchy lyrics as signals in the jungle” (Ron Csillag, The Globe and Mail, 8/4/2015). 

The Diamonds “Little Darlin’”

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