“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” which was released in June of 1960 and performed by Brian Hyland, hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.The song became a staple of ...

Songwriter Paul Vance, who earned pop culture immortality with the 1960 smash about a bashful bather, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” has died. He was 68.The New Milford ...

Paul Vance remembers calling his friend and fellow songwriter Lee Pockriss more than 50 years ago to share the lyrics of a song he had just written: "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini." ...

Kendall Jenner’s Alternative to the Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini Is Perfect for Spring. Groundbreaking. By Kara Nesvig. April 11, ... Like the song goes, she wore an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow ...

Paul Vance wrote the song 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' and his death was announced prematurely in 2006. Available for over a year Matthew Bannister spoke to Paul Vance back ...

The man who co-wrote the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" had the unsettling experience this week of reading his own obituary -- the result of an impostor who went through ...

Paul Vance, who has died aged 92, wrote scores of songs for artists such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Johnny Mathis, but will be remembered chiefly for the novelty tune Itsy Bitsy Teenie ...

Paul Vance, 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' songwriter, dies at 92. He also wrote "Catch a Falling Star" and "Tracy," and his songs were performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra ...

Paul Vance, Songwriter Behind 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,' Dead at 92. ... The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Top 40 chart, including one week at the very top spot.

Paul Vance, the songwriter behind “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” has died. He was 92 years old. Vance was born Joseph Paul Florio in Brooklyn, New York on November 4th, 1929.

HARTFORD — Lee Pockriss, who wrote pop hits such as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" for an eager, youthful post-World War II generation, has died in Connecticut after a long ...