"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, who recorded the song for Cameo-Parkway late that year. It was originally recorded by a group from Bristol, Pennsylvania, Terry and the Appeljacks (Terry Appel was the son of Dave Appel). The recording by Terry and the Appeljacks did not make the Billboard Hot 100 nor the "Bubbling Under" charts. The Dovells' recording made the #2 spot on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1961.[1] "Bristol Stomp" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[2] The song was written about teenagers in 1961 who were dancing a new step called "The Stomp" at dances. It refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, a blue collar suburb of Philadelphia. 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 j! umpin' When they do the Bristol Stomp" On the live performance of Gary US 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). The song was
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