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"Yakety Sax" is often used in television and film as a soundtrack for outlandishly humorous situations. It was frequently used to accompany comedic sketches, particularly the time-lapse , rapidly-paced silent chase skit that came at the end of almost every episode of The Benny Hill Show . [ 17 ]
The Yakin' Sax Man — 1965 Boots Randolph Plays More Yakety Sax! 118 Plays 12 Monstrous Sax Hits! — Sweet Talk — 1966 Boots with Strings A: 36 The Fantastic Boots Randolph — 1967 Boots Randolph with the Knightsbridge Strings & Voices: 189 King of Yakety — 1968 Sunday Sax: 76 The Sound of Boots: 60 1969 ...With Love/The Seductive Sax of ...
Chet, Floyd & Boots is a studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, pianist Floyd Cramer and saxophone player Boots Randolph.Boots had a novelty hit with Yakety Sax which Chet covered, playing the saxophone lead on guitar, as Yakety Axe - which also became a hit.
After fulfilling touring commitments for the year with a replacement sax player, at the end of 1976 Haley announced his retirement from performing and moved full-time to Harlingen, Texas. Haley would return to touring and recording in 1979 and would dedicate a part of every show to Pompilli's memory with a performance of "Rudy's Rock".
Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), [1] known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll.
His rendition of "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph earned Atkins a hit on the country singles charts. A mix of traditional fingerpicking, country-flavored pop and traditional country, the album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Country charts. More of That Guitar Country and "Yakety Axe" were nominated for four 1965 Grammy awards but did not win ...
Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax: Boots Randolph: featuring hit title track: Dion Sings to Sandy (and all his other gals) Dion: Hobo Flats: Jimmy Smith: Living It Up! Bert Kaempfert: Meets the Ventures: Bobby Vee: Surfing: The Ventures: Jazz Samba Encore! Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá: Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests: Andy Williams: Charted ...
Atkins originally recorded "Yakety Axe", a parody of Boots' Randolph's "Yakety Sax", on his 1965 album More of That Guitar Country. This new recording features lyrics and a new arrangement that were composed by Merle Travis. Atkins also previously recorded "I'll See You in My Dreams" on an album with Travis.