Australian singles chart:
Little Darlin’ entered the Kent charts on 25 May 1957 and peaked at #2. It was #32 on the Top 100 of 1957.
Album:
The song is on the Diamonds 1959 album America’s Favorite Song Stylists.
Songwriter:
Maurice Williams
Record label of Australian release:
Mercury
Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, 21 February 1959:
Wikipedia:
Little Darlin’ was written by a 16-year-old Maurice Williams, with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasising a Calypso rhythm. It was first recorded in January 1957 by Williams’ group The Gladiolas. A successful cover version by Canadian group The Diamonds followed a month later.
The song was later recorded by Elvis Presley, in 1977. The Diamonds’ version of Little Darlin’ was the only one to chart in Australia.
It was the most successful of nine songs by The Diamonds to make the Australian singles charts.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlin’
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