He gave them to Gaye, with no specific instructions except to change the gender of the song's subject and be ready to perform it by the following week. Vastola became Gaye's manager and within days, he acquired the sheet music and lyrics for "My Girl Lollypop" from Levy. Gaye sang a few songs for them and Freed was equally impressed. Vastola was so impressed that he immediately took her to meet New York radio DJ Alan Freed. Vastola had recently discovered 14-year-old singer Barbie Gaye after hearing her sing on a street corner in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The song caught the attention of one of Levy's partners, the later convicted mobster and music mogul Gaetano Vastola, aka "Corky". Levy even claimed that Robert Spencer was his pseudonym. In an effort to avoid sharing any royalties with Spencer, Levy removed Spencer's name from the original writing credits. Although not involved in writing the song, Levy and alleged gangster Johnny Roberts listed themselves as the song's authors. Notorious record company executive Morris Levy agreed to purchase the song from Spencer. The original song "My Girl Lollypop" was written by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs. A later version recorded by Jamaican singer Millie Small in 1964, with very similar rhythm, became an international hit that time and is one of the first songs to introduce ska music.
It was first recorded in 1956 by American singer Barbie Gaye under the title "My Boy Lollypop". " My Boy Lollipop" (originally " My Girl Lollypop") is a song written in the mid-1950s by Robert Spencer of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs, and usually credited to Spencer, Morris Levy, and Johnny Roberts. For the 1964 album by Millie Small, see My Boy Lollipop (album).
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