Drill Daddy Drill
"Drill Daddy Drill" is a dirty blues song, recorded by Dorothy Ellis and released as a single on Federal Records in April 1952. The B-side of the record was "Must Go Out and Play". Both songs were penned by Ravon Darnell and Mario Delagarde. Delagarde was the regular double bass player with Johnny Otis and His Orchestra.
History
The song was recorded on January 16, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, by Ellis with backing by Johnny Otis and His Orchestra. The personnel involved were Dorothy Ellis, Lee Graves, George Washington, Rene Bloch, Ben Webster, Lorenzo Holderness, Walter Henry, Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis, Mario Delagarde and Leard Bell. Webster supplied his tenor saxophone playing to the track, which was described as "excellent but ordinary".The release of the single was listed in Billboard's issue dated May 3, 1952. Cash Box in its May 17, 1952, periodical, was more forthcoming with its short review noting the main track as "A hustling bounce novelty with double entendre lyrics is treated to a forceful reading by thrush Dorothy Ellis". At the date of the recording, Ellis was just over 16 years and three months old.