
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Score
2,126
Chart Year
1959
"Tall Paul" is a song recorded by Annette Funicello and written by the Sherman Brothers. It marked the first time that a female singer reached a top ten slot for a rock and roll single. It also spotlighted Annette from amongst the other Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club and paved the way for the movie career which followed. Walt Disney personally took notice of the string of chart toppers which the Sherman Brothers were writing for Annette and subsequently asked the songwriters to work for him exclusively. The Sherman Brothers went on to win two Oscars for Mary Poppins several years later. "Tall Paul" was credited to Annette and the Afterbeats and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959. It was the highest-charting song by Annette Funicello and also one of the shortest, clocking in at 1 minute and 38 seconds. The version included on Annette: A Musical reunion With America's Girl Next Door lists the song at 1 minute 52 seconds. Annette Funicello made a cameo appearance as herself in the 1989 film Troop Beverly Hills, while jogging she's singing the first line of "Tall Paul": "Chalk on the sidewalk/Writing on the wall/Everybody knows it/I love Paul", and being pursued by Frankie Avalon, also playing himself. « less
Chalk on the sidewalk
Writin' on the wall
Everybody knows it
I love Paul
Tall Paul, tall Paul
Tall Paul, he's-a my all
Chalk on the sidewalk (chalk on the sidewalk)
'nitials on a tree ('nitials on a tree)
Ev'rybody knows it (ev'rybody knows it)
Paul loves me
(Tall Paul) With the king-size arms
(Tall Paul) With the king-size charms
(Tall Paul) With the king-size kiss
(He's my all) He's my all!!
(Tall Paul is my love, tall Paul is my dream)
(He's the captain of the high school football team)
He's my mountain
He's my tree
We go steady
Paul and me
Tall Paul (with the great big smile)
Tall Paul (with the great big eyes)
Tall Paul, (with the great big kiss)
He's my all
Tall Paul, tall Paul
Tall Paul, he's my all| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 5, 1959 | 98 | 28 |
| 2 | Jan 12, 1959 | 72 | 54 |
| 3 | Jan 19, 1959 | 43 | 83 |
| 4 | Jan 26, 1959 | 41 | 85 |
| 5 | Feb 2, 1959 | 13 | 113 |
| 6 | Feb 9, 1959 | 18 | 108 |
| 7 | Feb 16, 1959 | 12 | 114 |
| 8 | Feb 23, 1959 | 7 | 119 |
| 9 | Mar 2, 1959 | 12 | 114 |
| 10 | Mar 9, 1959 | 13 | 113 |
| 11 | Mar 16, 1959 | 14 | 112 |
| 12 | Mar 23, 1959 | 15 | 111 |
| 13 | Mar 30, 1959 | 24 | 102 |
| 14 | Apr 6, 1959 | 41 | 85 |
| 15 | Apr 13, 1959 | 65 | 61 |