Sylvia Dee

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Sylvia Dee (born October 22, 1914 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American songwriter best known for penning Too Young, a hit for Nat King Cole and The End of the World (song) a hit for Skeeter Davis. She also penned songs for Elvis Presley in the films Blue Hawaii and Speedway.

Sylvia Dee penned the words to a nonsense song that went to number 1 in 1945 called "Chickery Chick". The music was written by Sidney Lippman, and it was played by Sammy Kaye's orchestra. It was quite memorable because of its nonsense lyrics, which included "Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la".

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