Tutti-bam! Frutti-boom! Musical double dactyls

In Competition No. 3162 you were invited to submit double dactyls on stars of popular or classical music. Fans of ‘higgledy-piggledies’, as they are also known, should check out Jiggery Pokery, the terrific 1967 compendium of the form, edited by Anthony Hecht and John Hollander, who, in case anyone is wondering exactly what a double dactyl is, spells it out below:

Starting with nonsense words:

(‘Higgledy-piggledy’),Then comes a name (Making line number two);   Somewhere along in the Terminal quatrain, aDidaktyliaiosWord, and we’re through.

This crowd-pleasing challenge drew a whopping entry. Honourable mentions go to Simon Balderson, Helen Zax, Jill Sharp, Iain Morley, Alex Steelsmith and Fabian Carstairs. The winners earn £15 each.

Tutti-bam! Frutti-boom!Richard Wayne PennimanHollered it ribald andBanged it out blue,   Rocking America’sYouth to new rhythms ofErotogenicalWop-bop-a-loo! Chris O’Carroll

Rumblebee-bumblebeeN. Rimsky-Korsakov,Greatly inspired by aBeehive he’d seen,   Gave us a paean toHyperactivity,Perfect for string sectionsHigh on caffeine.Max Gutmann

Fiscally, discally,Herbert von Karajan’sFortune was forged with theBerliner Phil.   Countless recordings, allUltra-phenomenal,Made ‘Cash-and-Karajan’Wealthier still.