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The song became a hit, selling over a million copies, and was later recorded by Frankie Yankovic and Lawrence Welk. [1] Kames' music producer first heard "Dance Little Bird" at a German music fair in 1982. [1] The producer sent Kames a copy of the song, who recorded his own version, known as "The Chicken Dance". [1] He released it in 1982. [2]
The "Chicken Dance", also known and recorded as Der Ententanz, Tchip Tchip, Vogerltanz, the Bird Song, the Chicken Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance, Danse des Canards, the Duck Dance, El Baile de los Pajaritos, O Baile dos Passarinhos, Il Ballo del Qua Qua, Check Out the Chicken, or Dance Little Bird, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance has become familiar throughout the Western ...
"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of old-time and country music and the state song of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. Its original writer is disputed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to the performance rights organization BMI , by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.
You And Me; You And Tennessee; You Are My Sunshine; You Are (You're) The Nearest Thing To Heaven; You Beat All I Ever Saw; You Can't Beat Jesus Christ; You Comb Her Hair [3] You Dreamer You; You Give Me Music; You (Just) Can't Beat Jesus Christ; You Remembered Me; You Tell Me; You Wild Colorado; You Win Again; You Won't Have Far to Go; You'll ...
It is featured in the 1980s original Blues Brothers musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. It is mentioned in 1997 Chicago Tribune column "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" [2] by Mary Schmich, and in 1999 was made into a well-known song by Baz Luhrmann titled "Wear Sunscreen".
Jock Jams, Volume 3 was the third album in the Jock Jams compilation album series.. It contained the single "The Jock Jam" (or "ESPN Presents the Jock Jam"), which peaked at #31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.
When played at 33⅓ rpm instead of 45 rpm the vocals sound more natural. The song was recorded at that speed, by Stuart Hamblen's wife and adult daughter, so that when played at 45 rpm the song sounds as if it is being sung by children. The version sung by the Cowboy Church Sunday School was featured twice in the John Waters film A Dirty Shame.
Steeleye Span, after the character John "Steeleye" Span in the song "Horkstow Grange"; the song was the inspiration for the band's name, but they only got around to recording it 28 years after first forming. Talk Talk, Mark Hollis had originally written the song for his first group The Reaction, under the name "Talk Talk Talk Talk".