SPLISH SPLASH
“Splish Splash" is a 1958 song performed and co-written by Bobby Darin. It was written with DJ Murray the K (Murray Kaufman), who bet that Darin couldn’t write a song that began with the words, “Splish Splash, I was takin’ a bath”, as suggested by Murray’s mother, Jean Kaufman. The song was credited to Darin and “Jean Murray” (a combination of their names) to avoid any hint of payola. The song helped to give Darin a major boost in his career, reaching No. 3 on the U.S. pop singles chart. (More from Wikipedia)
Bobby Darin had a colorful musical career that is entertaining just to read about. As an example, he wrote his first hit song “Splish Splash” on a bet (via the mother of a musician friend of his – they both made the songwriting credits) that he couldn’t write a song that started out, “Splish, splash, I was taking a bath”.
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