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Itsy Bitsy Mix-up

`So who is the imposter?` is the question everyone is asking themselves today regarding the credit for the smash 1960`s hit "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini ". The question has risen due to the death of a 68 year old man named Paul Van Valkenburgh of Ormond Beach, Fla., who claimed to have written the song under the name Paul Vance. But there is another Paul Vance, a 76 year old from Coral Springs, Fla., who is alive and well. He is claiming that the late Paul, was not who he claimed to be.

Paul Vance from Florida, tired of receiving incessant phone calls asking if he has passed away, has provided proof with royalty payments he is still receiving for the hit he co-wrote. He estimates he has made several million dollars from the song, which was recorded by 16-year-old teen idol Brian Hyland, surged to No. 1 on the Billboard charts in August 1960 and has been pop culture landmark ever since.

Wife of Van Valkenburgh, Rose Leroux, said that her husband had a music career before they met and that he never got any royalties because he sold the rights when he was young, around 19. Leroux said she wished the other Paul Vance had never spoken up.