[1] It was performed by Buddy Knox[2] with the Rhythm Orchids, recorded in April 1956, and it became a hit on the Roulette label.
Buddy Knox was a teenager living near Happy, Texas, in 1947 when he wrote the original verses of "Party Doll" behind a haystack on his family farm.
Knox's sister and two of her friends, Iraene Potts of Amarillo and a neighbor, sang background vocals on the song and a girl from the marching band of Clovis High School was recruited to play cymbal.
After pressing copies of the record, a DJ in Amarillo began playing "Party Doll" in 1956 and it soon became a regional hit.
After being contacted by Roulette Records in New York City, the song was distributed around the U.S. and became a chart-topping hit, spending a week at No.