The New Milford-raised Vance, whose real name was Paul Van Valkenburgh, died Sept. 6 at his home in Ormond Beach, Fla., said his wife of 32 years, Rose Leroux. He had been battling lung cancer for two ...

HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) - Paul Vance remembers calling his friend and fellow songwriter Lee Pockriss more than 50 years ago to share the lyrics of a song he had just written: “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie ...

Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Wire Paul Vance — the songwriter behind the hit tune "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and various other songs — has died. He was 92. The ...

See now: This is the type of shit that makes me wonder what I was thinking when I took this whole fucking column on in the first place. For one week in 1960, enough people decided that they wanted to ...

Songwriter Paul Vance, who earned pop culture immortality with the 1960 smash about a bashful bather, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” has died. He was 68. The New Milford-raised ...

Paul Vance, a longtime Brill Building songwriter best-known for co-writing the infamous 1960 chart-topper "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," has died. The Washington Post reports that ...

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He also wrote "Catch a Falling Star" and "Tracy," and his songs were performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, and Robert Goulet. Sara Netzley has over 25 years of experience covering ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Lee Pockriss, who wrote pop hits such as “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” for an eager, youthful post-World War II generation, has died in Connecticut after a long ...

HARTFORD — Lee Pockriss, who wrote pop hits such as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" for an eager, youthful post-World War II generation, has died in Connecticut after a long illness ...

Fans of novelty music were saddened to learn of the death of Charles Vance, co-writer of novelty hit "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" earlier this week only it wasn't that Charles ...