<P> `` My Ding - a-Ling '' is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew . It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number - one single in the United States . Later that year , in a longer unedited form , it was included on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions . Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and drummer Robbie McIntosh who later that year went on to form the Average White Band , played on the single along with Nic Potter of Van der Graaf Generator on bass . </P>
<P> `` My Ding - a-Ling '' is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew . It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number - one single in the United States . Later that year , in a longer unedited form , it was included on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions . Guitarist Onnie McIntyre and drummer Robbie McIntosh who later that year went on to form the Average White Band , played on the single along with Nic Potter of Van der Graaf Generator on bass . </P>
who wrote the song my ding a ling
who wrote the song my ding a ling
Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew