Who Sang Ya Ya Twist? Keely Smith

Keely Smith Twist With Keely Smith / Doin' The Twist With Louis Prima cover art

Release information
Writer(s): Clarence L Lewis, Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy
Release Date: 1996
length: 1:52
conductor: H.B. Barnum
vocal: Keely Smith
arranger: H.B. Barnum
Lyrics

Oh, well, I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
It may sound funny
But I don't believe she's comin'
Uh huh, uh huh

Baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh, uh huh
Ye, baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh
You know that I love you
Oh, how I love you
Uh huh, uh huh

I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
It may sound funny
But I don't believe she's comin'
Uh huh, uh huh

Baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh, uh huh
Ye, baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh
You know how I love you
Oh, how I love you
Uh huh, uh huh

I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
I'm sittin' here, la, la
Waiting for my ya ya
Uh huh, uh huh
It may sound funny
But I don't believe she's comin'
Uh huh, uh huh

Baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh
Ye, baby, honey, don't leave me worried
Uh huh, uh huh

Tracklist
CD 1

1 The Twist

2 I Know

3 Peppermint Twist

4 Ya Ya Twist

5 Sticks and Stones

6 Twistin' the Night Away

7 Let's Twist Again

8 What'd I Say

9 Twistin' Cowboy Joe

10 Mother Goose Twist

11 Shout