"King Size Papa" is a 1948 novelty song by Julia Lee

Julia Lee (musician)

Julia Lee was an American blues and dirty blues musician.-Biography:Born in Boonville, Missouri, United States, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and playing piano in her brother George Lee's band, which for a time also included Charlie Parker...

 and her Boy Friends. The song, penned by Johnny Gomez and Paul Vance

Paul Vance

Paul Vance is an American songwriter and record producer.With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by...

 was released on the Capitol Americana label, catalog number

Catalog numbering systems for single records

This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single records.- Capitol :...

, 40082. The song peaked at number one on the R&B charts and number fifteen on the national pop chart.
"King Size Papa" is a 1948 novelty song by Julia Lee

Julia Lee (musician)

Julia Lee was an American blues and dirty blues musician.-Biography:Born in Boonville, Missouri, United States, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and playing piano in her brother George Lee's band, which for a time also included Charlie Parker...

 and her Boy Friends. The song, penned by Johnny Gomez and Paul Vance

Paul Vance

Paul Vance is an American songwriter and record producer.With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by...

 was released on the Capitol Americana label, catalog number

Catalog numbering systems for single records

This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single records.- Capitol :...

, 40082. The song peaked at number one on the R&B charts and number fifteen on the national pop chart.
"King Size Papa" is a 1948 novelty song by Julia Lee

Julia Lee (musician)

Julia Lee was an American blues and dirty blues musician.-Biography:Born in Boonville, Missouri, United States, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and playing piano in her brother George Lee's band, which for a time also included Charlie Parker...

 and her Boy Friends. The song, penned by Johnny Gomez and Paul Vance

Paul Vance

Paul Vance is an American songwriter and record producer.With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by...

 was released on the Capitol Americana label, catalog number

Catalog numbering systems for single records

This article presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single records.- Capitol :...

, 40082. The song peaked at number one on the R&B charts and number fifteen on the national pop chart.

In the 1990s the song was used by Pillsbury in its "Grands! biscuits" television commercials; its double entendre

Double entendre

A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....

lyrics served to describe the atypically large size of the product.