Buddy Knox wrote the original verses of this song in 1948 behind a haystack on his Texas family farm. The rockabilly singer got together with some college friends to record the tune several years later at the Clovis, New Mexico studio of Norman Petty. Just 1,500 copies of the record were pressed, but when a DJ in Amarillo began playing the tune in 1956, “Party Doll” soon became a regional hit.

The record was picked up by Morris Levy’s Roulette label in New York and given a national release. Following a memorable rendition by Buddy Knox and his group on the Ed Sullivan Show, the song topped radio play lists coast-to-coast and rose to the top of the Top 100 chart.

(Source songfacts.com)

Lyrics

Well, all I want is a party doll
To come along with me when I’m feelin’ wild
To be everlovin’ and true and fair
To run her fingers through my hair

Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
I’ll make love to you, to you
I’ll make love to you

Well, I saw a gal walkin’ down the street
The kind of a gal I would love to meet
She had blonde hair and eyes of blue
Baby, I’m a-gonna have a party with you

Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
I’ll make love to you, to you
I’ll make love to you

Ev’ry man has gotta have a party doll
To be with him when he’s feelin’ wild
To be everlovin’, true, and fair
To run her fingers through his hair
To run her fingers through his hair

Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
I’ll make love to you, to you
I’ll make love to you

Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
I’ll make love to you, to you
I’ll make love to you
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

Written by Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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