Singing Guide: The Pipkins
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
The Pipkins were a British novelty duo in the 60s-70s who achieved worldwide success with their hit "Gimme Dat Ding." Their music is characterized by a unique blend of pop and humorous lyrics.
To sing like The Pipkins, you should embrace their fun and quirky style while paying attention to vocal technique. Here are some tips:
- Work on your breath support and control to deliver the energetic and dynamic performance the Pipkins were known for. Our breath support article can help you improve.
- Use your chest voice to achieve a rich, warm tone and add an extra layer of playfulness to your delivery. Check out our chest voice video and chest voice article for guidance.
- Practice your articulation and enunciation to clearly convey the lyrics and make them stand out. Our articulation article and finger bite video exercise can help.
- Embrace quirky vocal embellishments like vocal slides and glottal stops to inject personality into your performance.
To fully immerse yourself in The Pipkins' music, try to master their famous harmonies, which added yet another layer of fun and complexity to their songs. Check out our vocal range test and artists vocal range database to find similar vocal ranges to The Pipkins.
When it comes to choosing songs to showcase Pipkins-style singing, "Gimme Dat Ding" is an obvious choice, but also check out "The People That You Wanna Phone Ya" and "Are You Cooking, Goose?".
Use our song search tool to find more songs in a similar vein to The Pipkins.
Finally, don't forget to monitor your progress and vocal health. Our progress statistics feature and vocal health article can guide you in the right direction.
Have fun and let your quirkiness shine through!