Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss

Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss wrote several classic pop hits in the 1950s and ‘60s. “Catch A Falling Star” was a major hit in 1957 for Perry Como, and “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” made a star of Brian Hyland in 1960. The partners also supplied such hits as “Leader Of The Laundromat” by The Detergents, which was a take-off on The Shangri-Las’ “Leader Of The Pack,” and The Cuff Links’ tuneful “Tracy.”

Key songs in the Vance/Pockriss catalog include “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” “ Catch a Falling Star,” “Playground in My Mind,” “Dommage Dommage,” “Leader of the Laundromat,” “She Lets Her Hair Down” and “Tracy.”

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