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on YouTube "Ahab the Arab" (also written "Ahab, the Arab") is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray Stevens in 1962. Lyrics. In the song, Arab is pronounced / ˈ ...
1,837 Seconds of Humor is the debut album of Ray Stevens, released in 1962. [1] The front of the album shows a sheik that rides a camel, which is a reference to Stevens' song "Ahab the Arab."
However, the versions of certain songs on this compilation are not original recordings or the most popular versions; the version of "Gitarzan" is the album version that begins with cheering and applauding of an audience; "Ahab, the Arab" is a re-recording that Stevens made for his album Gitarzan; "Freddie Feelgood" is the album version from ...
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is a collection of ten previously released singles by Ray Stevens, released in 1987.Of the selections of songs, three were recorded for the record label of Monument Records ("Gitarzan," "Along Came Jones," and "Ahab the Arab,"), four for Barnaby Records ("Everything Is Beautiful," "Turn Your Radio On," "The Streak," "Misty"), one for RCA Records ("Shriner's Convention ...
Ahab the Arab — — — ... Ray returned to live action with a series of direct-to-YouTube music videos starting with 2009's "We The People".
The title alludes to an earlier Dylan song, "Bob Dylan's Dream", released in 1963.The song is a satirical and surrealistic story that jumbles together historical and literary and narrative references from the voyages of Columbus to the Mayflower to Moby Dick to the present day.
"Ahab The Arab" Ray Stevens: 5 August 1962 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers 1 September 1962 [42] "Pepino the Italian Mouse" Lou Monte: 5 December 1962 [43] "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" Rolf Harris: 3 June 1963 [44] "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" Allan Sherman: 2 August 1963 [45] "Surfin' Bird" The Trashmen: 4 December ...
"Erik the Awful" is done in the style of Stevens's earlier hit, "Ahab the Arab", with a Viking marauder as the subject. "Happy Hour" is a somewhat more serious number in which a couple who had lots of fun when drunk, but when the other partner sobers up and recognizes their self-destructive behavior, he remains in denial about his problem ...