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"Spiders & Snakes" is a 1974 hit song recorded by Jim Stafford and written by Stafford and David Bellamy of The Bellamy Brothers. It was the second of four U.S. Top 40 singles released from his eponymous debut album and also the highest-charting at number three. The lyrics in the verses are spoken, while only the chorus is sung.
Stafford's first chart hit was "Swamp Witch", produced by Lobo, [6] which cracked the U.S. top 40 in July 1973. On March 2, 1974, his biggest hit, "Spiders & Snakes", peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 in the BBC Top 50 in the UK, selling over two million copies, earning a gold disc by the RIAA that month. [6]
Medley : "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) / "A Visit with an Old Friend" (Jim Stafford) – 5:10 "Wildwood Weed" – 2:41 (Don Bowman) "16 Little Red Noses and a Horse That Sweats" (Jim Stafford) – 3:54 "Spiders & Snakes" – 3:07 (Jim Stafford, David Bellamy) Side two "The Last Chant" (Jim Stafford) – 3:19 "My Girl Bill" – 3:13 (Jim ...
The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand was the number one song of 1974. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1974 . [ 1 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the Talent In Action section of Billboard dated December 28, 1974, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 24, 1973, through October 26, 1974.
“Spiders and Snakes” Jim Stafford: 3 December 1973 "The Streak" Ray Stevens 1 April 1974 [49] “Wildwood Weed” Jim Stafford 7 July 1974 "Convoy" C. W. McCall: 1 January 1976 “Junk Food Junkie” Larry Groce: 9 February 1976 "Disco Duck" Rick Dees and his Cast Of Idiots 1 September 1976 [50] “Short People” Randy Newman: 2 December 1977
Jim Seals, who as part of the duo Seals and Crofts crafted memorably wistful 1970s hits like “Summer Breeze” and “Diamond Girl,” died Monday at age 80. No cause of death was immediately given.
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