Short Fat Fannie

The song was rehearsed by The Beatles during the filming of the documentary, Let It Be in 1969. The song was recorded on the film soundtrack and is featured on many bootleg recordings.

"Short Fat Fannie" was an early example of a novelty genre including pop song titles. This formula was later used for Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" and Bob Kayli's "Everyone Was There", as well as both of Billy and Lillie's hits, "La Dee Dah" and "Lucky Ladybug".

The song was also covered by Billy Preston, The Beatles, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Curtis Johnson, Ronnie Self, The Dovells^[3] and Johnny Winter. Frankie Avalon also recorded the song.

The track was also a favorite of Levon Helm, drummer of The Band. He would sing the song often while touring as the Hawks, and even played a version of it on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993.

• Billboard R&B: No. 1
• Billboard Hot 100: No. 5
• Billboard Hot 100 – B-side: No. 45
• Canada CHUM Chart; No. 3^[4]
• UK Singles Chart: No. 21^[1]