"Late 50s - early 60s"; "Hoboken early 50s" ~~ my recollections above, 28 Jan 10, take Looby Loo back to late 1930s Golders Green, N London, well before either Frankie Vaughan [DMcG, 8 Feb 03] or Andy Pandy {whose girlfriend, I take it, was named from his scriptwriter's recollection of the song}. Neither this thread nor the one linked above by Declan, 6 Feb 03, goes back further than that. {The related, in actions tho not tune, Hokey Cokey, goes only back in popularity to Kennedy's 1940s reworking, tho Wiki article "Hokey Cokey" relates its origins to a Shaker song of the 1850s & says Kennedy got the idea from some Canadian servicemen.}

Can anyone take a personal recollection of Looby Loo any further back than mine?

~Michael~