Chantilly Lace (song)
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"Chantilly Lace" is the name of a rock and roll song, written and originally performed by The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) in 1958. The original version was a massive hit, and a 1972 version by Jerry Lee Lewis was also a No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.
The song depicts one side of a telephone conversation, with a young man talking about what he likes in a girl, including:
- Chantilly lace
- pretty face
- pendulous ponytail
- wiggle in the walk
- giggle in the talk, and
- big-eyes
The song reached #6 on the pop charts and spent 22 weeks on the national Top 40. It was the third most played song of 1958.[1]
"Chantilly Lace" inspired an answer song by Jayne Mansfield titled "That Makes It" based on what the girl may have been saying at the other end of the line.
[edit] Trivia
A popular R & B cover of Chantilly Lace was recorded by Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long and released in 1967 by the Motown Soul label.
An airport was being built in Chantilly, Virginia when this song was originally released, but as a result of the somewhat suggestive lyrics, the airport was named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower, and thus the airport was named Dulles International Airport instead of Chantilly International.
The song is featured in the movie True Romance during a sex scene in a phone booth.[2]
