Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann

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This joyous love song was first recorded by the African-American “girl group” The Exciters and released in 1963 under the name “Do-Wah-Diddy”. A year later, Manfred Mann, a British r&b/pop band, covered it (with a slight change to the title) with great success: it reached No. 1 in the U.K. and the U.S.A.