King Size Papa

"King Size Papa" is a 1948 dirty blues ("hokum") song by Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends. The Lee's eighth single, penned by Benny Carter and Paul Vance, was recorded on November 11, 1947 and released on the Capitol Americana label under #40082. The song entered the charts on February 14, 1948 and peaked at number one on the US Billboard R&B chart. The song, written in the verse-and-refrain twelve-bar blues form, stayed in the first place for more than two months, in the charts for six, crossed over to the pop chart, and remains Lee's most-remembered song. With sensuality being at the core of Julia's style, the song is still being selected as one of the few top sexually risqué ones in the 21st century.