Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"King Tut" is a novelty song performed by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons (actually members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), about the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun and the Treasures of Tutankhamun traveling exhibit that toured seven American cities from 1976 to 1979.
It contains the hit novelty single "King Tut", backed up by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performing under the name, the Toot Uncommons. [3] Martin also performed "King Tut" on Saturday Night Live. It also has Martin revealing his 'real' name, which he admits is the sound of him flipping his lips.
The popularity of the song is lampooned in a 1940s film short. [4] In the film, The King's Men (who also performed on Fibber McGee and Molly) play young men living in a boarding house who are endlessly singing the song while getting dressed, eating dinner, playing cards, etc., until an exasperated fellow boarder (William Irving (actor)) finally has them removed to an insane asylum.
According to campus publication the Collegian, he closed his show with a rendition of his song “King Tut.” At $8 a ticket, the two performances made more than $100,000, which made it one of ...
Ancient Egypt's most famous Pharaoh wasn't as attractive as his reputation made him out to be. A BBC documentary detailed new findings by researchers who performed a "virtual autopsy" on King Tut ...
The song started a musical dispute between artists that is probably the first recorded in history. [1] 1938 "La Gota Fría" Emiliano Zuleta: Lorenzo Morales Zuleta mocks Morales in the lyrics for fleeing from an accordion challenge. The song became a standard and is one of best known in the vallenato repertoire. [2] 1952
Rediscovering King Tutankhamen’s tomb. King Tutankhamen came to the throne at 10 years old and ruled ancient Egypt for nine years, from 1,336 to 1,327 B.C., according to Britannica. He died at ...
The song was featured on Oasis' Columbia White Label Demo that got them signed to Alan McGee's label Creation Records, and was also performed at the band's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut gig in which McGee first saw the band. The stripped-down, White Label Demo version of the song, lasting 5:25, is one of the B-sides on Oasis' 1994 debut single ...