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“My Ding-a-Ling” was a 1972 novelty hit record for Chuck Berry, and his only U.S. number-one single on the pop charts. Later that year the song was on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions. The song titled “Little Girl Sing Ding-a-Ling” was recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. In 1954, The Bees released a version entitled “Toy Bell.“ Berry recorded a version called “My Tambourine” in 1968, but the version which topped the charts was recorded live during the Lanchester Arts Festival at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on 3 February 1972, where Berry – backed by The Roy Young Band – topped a bill that also included Slade and Billy Preston. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey, Jim Connors, was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and... Read on...