sentence: personnel george ` wydell ' jones -- lead vocals ( died september 27 , 2008 ) larry green -- first tenor james reynolds -- second tenor harry green -- baritone marshall sewell -- bass ( died june 4 , 2013 ) influence of the song '' rama lama ding dong '' a cover version of the song was performed on the muppet show once : in episode 89 ( or season 4 , episode 17 ) , the episode that also had mark hamill , c-3po , r2-d2 and chewbacca from star wars as guests , a shepherd , his sheep and his girl perform the song .