Ting-A-Ling
title: "Ting-A-Ling" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1952-songs", "the-clovers-songs", "song-articles-with-missing-songwriters", "songs-written-by-ahmet-ertegun", "the-crickets-songs"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ting-A-Ling" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| name | Ting-A-Ling |
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| artist | The Clovers |
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| writer | Ahmet Ertegun |
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"Ting-A-Ling" is a 1952 song by The Clovers. "Ting-A-Ling" was The Clovers' final number one on the Billboard R&B chart; however, the group continued its chart success throughout the 1950s.
Song background
The last surviving original member of the Clovers, Harold Winley, told NPR that "Ting-a-Ling" was one of many Clovers hits credited to a songwriter known as "Nugetre". When spelled backwards, it was a pen-name belonging to the co-founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun. Winley says the pen name was a joke. "He'd laugh at it," Winley says. "Nugetre! Yeah! That's me."
Cover versions
- It was covered by Buddy Holly and released on the 1958 album, That'll Be the Day
- Holly's former band, The Crickets also covered the song (featuring Earl Sinks on vocals) for their 1960 effort, In Style With the Crickets.
- Aaron Neville covered it on his 2013 album, My True Story
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (2004). "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004". Record Research.
- "Summer Song Favorites: 'Ting-A-Ling'".
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