Paul Vance(1929-2022)

Prolific song writer whose first claim to fame was the number one song on the U.S Top 40 charts in 1960; Bryan Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" co-written with Lee Pockriss.Retired to Coral Springs, Florida.Was surprised when several papers and the entertainment industry erroneously reported that he had died in 2006. It seems a small time writer, salesman and most recently a painting contractor Paul Van Valkenburg who used the pen name of Paul Vance has fooled the public and his family for years claiming to have written the number one song from 1960. The Milford, Connecticut resident recently passed away at 68 and that's when the truth came out. The real Paul Vance was able to show CBS reporters his receipts from residuals that he has been receiving for the past 46 years.