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“The Clapping Song” is an American song, written by Lincoln Chase, originally arranged by Charles Callello and recorded by Shirley Ellis in 1965. The song was released shortly after Shirley had hit it big with a similar song, “The Name Game”. The lyrics of “The Clapping Song” were borrowed from the song “Little Rubber Dolly”, a 1930s song recorded by the Light Crust Doughboys and is reminiscent of a nursery rhyme or jump-rope rhyme, and also feature instructions for a clapping game. The song made it to #8 on the charts, the last of three hits Shirley performed to reach the top 10. The song returned to the charts in 1982, when the Belle Stars’ version charted at number 11 in the U.K. This version did not chart in the U.S. Read on...