Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Brian Hyland is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s and continued recording into the 1970s. Allmusic journalist Jason Ankeny states, “Hyland’s puppy-love pop virtually defined the sound and sensibility of bubblegum during the pre-Beatles era.“ Although his status as a teen idol faded, he went on to release several country-influenced albums and had additional chart hits later in his career. In August 1960, Hyland scored his first and biggest hit single at the age of 16, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini“, written by Vance and Pockriss. It was a novelty song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, (#8 in the UK) and sold almost a million copies in the first two months of its release, and over two million copies in total. Hyland’s other major hit during this period was 1962’s “Sealed with a Kiss“, which reached #3 in 1962 on both the American and UK Singles Chart. It stayed on the U.S.