"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with Cameo-Parkway Records, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway later that year.
Appell produced and arranged the track and his Cameo-Parkway's house band served as the studio musicians.
[2] The Dovells used the basic feel of that tune and put a three-beat emphasis on the syllables in the title: "Bristol Stomp".
The Dovells' recording was #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1961 behind "Runaround Sue" by Dion.
[3] "Bristol Stomp" sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.