Artist: The Cake Song Title: Ooh Poo Pah Doo Composer: Jessie Hill Album: The Cake (LP) Label: Decca (DL 74927) Year: 1967 Country: USA The origins of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" were apparently created from a tune played by a local pianist, who was known only as Big Four. Jessie Hill wrote the lyrics and melody, later expanding the work with an intro taken from Dave Bartholomew. It was further honed on stage, before Hill recorded a demo that he shopped to local record labels, finally recording a session at Cosimo Matassa's studio produced by Allen Toussaint. Upon its early 1960 release, it emerged as a favourite at Mardi Gras, selling 800000 copies and reaching the Top 5 in the US Billboard R&B chart and a Top 30 slot in the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Many different Artists have recorded the song such as: Paul Revere and the Raiders and Tina Turner. The Cake Bio: The Cake formed in New York in 1966, starting out as an a cappella vocal group singing at Steve Paul's The Scene. Baroos! hian and Morillo both appeared in You Are What You Eat, a 1967 documentary film produced by Peter Yarrow. In the film, Barooshian performed the Sonny & Cher hit "I Got You Babe" with Tiny Tim. She sang the male part, while Tiny Tim sang the female. What set The Cake apart from other girl groups of the time is that they recorded their own material, as well as a number of R&B standards. Their own songs were in the vein of 1960s baroque pop with intricate madrigal-style vocal harmonies. They released two
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