Experience Bobby Darins Splish Splash Like Never Before in 4 K HQ

Splish Splash is a 1958 novelty rock song performed and cowritten by Bobby Darin. It was written with DJ Murray the K (Murray Kaufman), who bet that Darin could not write a song that began with the words, Splish splash, I was takin a bath, as suggested by Murray s mother, Jean Kaufman. The song was credited to Darin and Jean Murray (a combination of their names) to avoid any hint of payola. It was Darin s first hit and the song helped to give him a major boost in his career, reaching No. 3 on the U. S. pop singles chart, No. 2 on the R B Best Sellers chart, and No. 3 in Canada. Splish Splash was Darin s only entry on the C W Best Sellers in Stores chart, where it peaked at No. 14. In a 1967 interview, Darin claimed that he was so happy about having his first hit that his skin condition cleared up. Splish Splash was recorded in a session at New York s Atlantic Studios on the evening of April 10, 1958. The personnel on the original