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"Dead Skunk" is a 1972 novelty song by Loudon Wainwright III. Released as a single in November 1972, it eventually peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 31, 1973 and appears on Wainwright's 1972 album Album III .
Wainwright is perhaps best known for the 1972 novelty song "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)" and for playing Captain Calvin Spalding (the "singing surgeon") on the American television show M*A*S*H. His appearances spanned three episodes in the show's third season (1974–1975).
Album III is the third full-length album from Loudon Wainwright III.It was originally released in 1972 on Columbia Records. Album III would spawn Loudon Wainwright's most popular hit single, "Dead Skunk", one of the many 'novelty songs' sprinkled throughout Wainwright's career.
One Man Guy: The Best of Loudon Wainwright III 1982–1986 (1994, Music Club, UK) The Atlantic Recordings (1999, Rhino Handmade) Dead Skunk: The Complete Columbia Years (2007, Acadia, UK) Essential Recordings: One Man Guy (Best of Rounder Records Perfect 10 Series) (2009, Rounder Records) 40 Odd Years (2011, Shout! Factory)
40 Odd Years is a compilation box set by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on May 3, 2011 on Shout! Factory.The set contains music from throughout Wainwright's career, alongside a DVD of live performances and documentary pieces.
Loudon Wainwright III - guitar, vocals; Kate McGarrigle - vocals on "Old Paint" Saul Broudy - harmonica on "Old Paint" Technical. Milton Kramer - producer on tracks 1, 9 and 5c. All other tracks produced by Loudon Wainwright III; Michael Leary - engineer; Peter Hujar - cover photography; Milton Kramer, Andrew Wainwright - photography
About the same time, Kaye was commissioned by Columbia Records to produce the third album by Loudon Wainwright III. This produced the hit single "Dead Skunk", and raised Kaye's profile. [5] Kaye moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s, to produce Link Wray's album Be What You Want To.
Unrequited is the fifth album from Loudon Wainwright III.It was his last album on the Columbia Records label, released in 1975. Tracks 1–7 were recorded in a studio, while tracks 8–14 were recorded live at The Bottom Line in New York City.