Bristol Stomp is one of the classic songs of the dance craze phenomenon that swept the nation in the early 1960s. Released in 1961, the track launched the Philadelphia-based doo-wop group The Dovells into national stardom. The song was written to promote a new dance popular among teenagers in Bristol, Pennsylvania (a town near Philadelphia). With its fast, rhythmic, R&B/Rock & Roll arrangement and catchy, simple lyrics describing the excitement of young people doing the dance, "Bristol Stomp" qu

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THE DOVELLS " BRISTOL STOMP " 1962 The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. The original members were Arnie Silver, Len Borisoff, Jerry Gross (alias Summers), Mike Freda, and Jim Mealey (alias Danny Brooks). Their first single "No, No, No" was a local hit for The Brooktones. "Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo-Parkway record