Daddy Dewdrop

Richard "Dick" Monda, the actor and songwriter born in Cleveland, Ohio, performed under the alias Daddy Dewdrop and gained his greatest recognition through the 1971 bubblegum novelty single "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)." A onetime child performer, Monda wrote and produced scores of songs across the 1960s and 1970s. He released material under his given name, notably the Verve Records album Truth, Lies, Magic and Faith, and also issued the self-titled 1971 Daddy Dewdrop LP on Sunflower Records. Originally composed for the American animated series Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies, where Monda worked as music producer, the track prompted him to cut his own version with a team of studio musicians he dubbed the Torrance Cookers. The single peaked at number nine during 1971, yet further Daddy Dewdrop releases never repeated that commercial impact.