Pineapple Princess
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"Pineapple Princess" is an American pop
song made popular by Annette Funicello
in the summer of 1960
. It appeared on the LP album
, Hawaiiannette. "Pineapple Princess" was written by Bob and Dick Sherman.
In 1964, the Quinto Sisters recorded the song as a single for Columbia Records
and performed it on NBC-TV for Mitch Miller
’s Sing Along with Mitch.
The novelty-rock band Barnes & Barnes
performed a cover of this song on their 1986 album Sicks.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song made popular by Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicello is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of the original Mickey Mouse Club, and went on to appear in a series of beach party films.-Early life and early stardom:...
in the summer of 1960
1960 in music
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. It appeared on the LP album
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, Hawaiiannette. "Pineapple Princess" was written by Bob and Dick Sherman.
In 1964, the Quinto Sisters recorded the song as a single for Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
and performed it on NBC-TV for Mitch Miller
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive...
’s Sing Along with Mitch.
The novelty-rock band Barnes & Barnes
Barnes & Barnes
Barnes & Barnes, fictional twin brothers Art Barnes and Artie Barnes , are a comedy rock duo based in "Lumania", a fictional mythological civilization . Most of their music is standard rock or pop with heavy comedic elements...
performed a cover of this song on their 1986 album Sicks.