Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart

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"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
Single by the Trammps
B-side "Penguin At The Big Apple"
Released 1972
Genre Philadelphia soul [1]
Length3:18
Label Buddah Records
Songwriter(s) James F. Hanley
The Trammps singles chronology
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
(1972)
"Sixty Minute Man"
(1972)

"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" is a 1935 popular song with words and music by James F. Hanley. It was introduced by Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey in the Broadway revue Thumbs Up!.

Notable recordings

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