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  2. Surfin' Bird - Wikipedia

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    "Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons : " Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow " and "The Bird's the Word".

  3. Surfin' Bird (album) - Wikipedia

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    Surfin' Bird is the debut studio album by the Trashmen, released on January 14, 1964. It was named after their novelty hit of the same name . The album peaked at No. 48 at the Billboard 200 chart .

  4. The Trashmen - Wikipedia

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    Surfin' Bird: Garrett Sundazed (1995) 48 [13] 1965 Bird Dance Beat: Garrett Soma (1996±) Debatably a compilation. The recordings span a range of time, but none were featured on Surfin' Bird and only one on The Great Lost Trashmen Album. The album was released during the original era of the band. 1989 Comic Book Collector: NPR 1994

  5. The Rivingtons - Wikipedia

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    The Rivingtons were a 1960s doo-wop band, known for their 1962 novelty hit "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow".The members were lead vocalist Carl White (June 21, 1932 – January 7, 1980), tenor Al Frazier (died November 13, 2005), baritone Sonny Harris and bassist Turner "Rocky" Wilson Jr. Frazier was replaced by Madero White for a period in the late 1970s.

  6. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - Wikipedia

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    Together with the Rivingtons' 1963 novelty song "The Bird's the Word", "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" was the basis for the song "Surfin' Bird", a number four hit in 1963 by The Trashmen. [3] The combination of the songs, played at a much livelier pace than the original doo-wop songs, was ad-libbed at an early live performance by the band and later ...

  7. Steve Wahrer - Wikipedia

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    The Trashmen would release "Surfin' Bird" a song that was a combination of The Bird is the Word and Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow by The Rivingtons, the song was a big hit on the charts. On January 4, 1964, Wahrer would appear on the show American Bandstand performing "Surfin' Bird" with the Trashmen and being interviewed. [4] [5] [6] In 1967, the band ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. I Dream of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The final straw of the family's hatred of "Surfin' Bird" is when Peter foolishly spends over $6,000 of their savings on a two-minute clip of himself on TV saying, "I dream of an America where everybody knows that the bird is the word" and singing the song again. Stewie and Brian steal the record while Peter is asleep and destroy it.