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Jan and Arnie - Jennie Lee (1958)
Jan Berry / Arnie Ginsburg
from: “Jennie Lee” / “Gotta Getta Date”

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"Jennie Lee" hit number 8 on the nationwide charts on June 30, 1958. Jan (Berry) and Arnie (Ginsburg) were classmates at L.A.’s University High School and aspiring musicians when one night they went down to the 'New Follies Theatre' at 5th and Main in L.A. and watched a robust young lady by the name of Jennie “The Bazoom Girl” Lee do her act on stage and all the way home they thought about it and worked up a song about the star of that evening’s performance. When they arrived at Jan’s home Arnie had about 2/3rds of the words and the melody already written down in his head. The song “Jennie Lee" was actually recorded right there in Jan’s garage and other parts were overdubbed in a recording studio in Hollywood. Through some connections they were able to get the song placed on Arwin Label and released for sale. This "makeshift" performance with Arnie pounding on a cardboard box and singing mostly indecipherable lyrics made the nation’s top ten in June of ‘58.

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