Bristol Stomp

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"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo/Parkway record label, for the Dovells, an a cappella singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, which recorded the song for Cameo/Parkway late that year.

The song made the #2 spot on the Billboard magazine pop chart in 1961.^[1]

The song was written about teenagers in 1961 who were dancing a new step called "The Stomp" at dances.

The refrain of the song:

The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol

When they do the Bristol Stomp

Really somethin when the joint is jumpin

When they do the Bristol Stomp

On the live performance of Gary U.S. Bonds' "Seven Day Weekend" found on Johnny Thunders' live soundtrack album "Stations of the Cross" Walter Lure begins singing the chorus of the song, playing on the fact that the two songs share the same chord sequence. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention covered the song as part of a medley, performed in Sweden in 1967 (officially released on 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly', Beat the Boots series, FOO-EE Records).