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A their parting shot to 1960, Homer and Jethro took on the unlikely and impossibly irritating Bryan Hyland hit "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" about a girl who was embarrassed by the swimsuit that she chose to go to the beach in. Apparently its lack of modesty didn't occur to her when she was purchasing it in the first place.
It's when you hear the terrible crap like the original here that you realize the impact that Elvis' army stint and Chuck Berry's jail time had on the wretched state of popular music at the time.
Dark days.
It was still a full two years before Dick Dale and surf music would revive the ailing corpse of rock and roll (only to have a bunch of limeys water it down again two years after that)
The B side is a song that would eventually be included on the next Lp. We'll pick it up now.
February 1961 - lsp 2286 - Songs my Mother Never Sang
Another Lp. Another Jack Davis cover. The originals as I am aware are linked.
For this one Chet Atkins decided to leave some of the studio chatter in with the music as an illustration of what he had to put up with. Chester was a patient man.
(The Connie Francis number that kicks things off still makes me laugh.)
| Among My Souvenirs | |
| Sweet Violets | |
| Come Here Little Wifey! | |
| The Tattooed Lady | |
| Please Help Me,I'm Falling | |
| How Come There's No Dog Day? | |
| I Love Your Pizza | |
| Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad | |
| Will You Love Me When | |
| She Was Bitten On The Udder By An Adder | |
| In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree |
February 1961 - RCA 47-7852 - Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Love Your Pizza
As another bonus to go with the Lp our boys had another dig at Elvis with a stab at "Are You Lonesome Tonight" but the song itself is another much older tune.
The song itself goes back to 1927 when the Canadian tenor, Henry Burr recorded it.
There's not much more to say about it.
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