Screenwriter, Tin Pan Alley tunesmith and versatile songwriter Bob Merrill (Levan) wrote "Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-Po)". When Bob started writing he could neither read music or play an instrument. Many of his songs were hits for Guy Mitchell.

Former child actor Guy Mitchell (Al Cernik) recorded "Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po- Po" with Mitch Miller's Orchestra and Chorus in 1952. The single peaked at number two in the U.K. while on Billboard it reached number fourteen.