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"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" is a novelty song written by Phil Gernhard and Dick Holler and recorded in 1966 by the Florida-based pop group The Royal Guardsmen. The song was recorded at the Charles Fuller Productions studio in Tampa, Florida, and was released as a single on Laurie Records .
A followup to their earlier hit "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron", the song is a fictional account of how Snoopy was directed to go out and fight the Red Baron on a bitterly cold Christmas Eve. The Baron has Snoopy at his mercy after a long dogfight, but instead of shooting him down he forces Snoopy to land and offers Snoopy a chivalrous holiday toast ...
Eventually, Schulz gave his okay, and "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" was released in Canada. Immediately the song became a hit, the band went on a national tour during Christmas school break, playing in New York, San Francisco, and other large cities and sharing billing with the Beach Boys , Jefferson Airplane , Paul Revere & the Raiders , The ...
Snoopy and His Friends is the third album by the Ocala, Florida group The Royal Guardsmen.. The group is best known for their hit recording of "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron", which was first released in 1967 as a 45 rpm record single (it reached No. 2 in the US and No. 8 in the UK) and had previously been released as the title track to their debut album; both it and its follow-up "The Return of ...
Snoopy pretends to be something, usually "world famous", and fails. His short "novels" are never published. His Sopwith Camel is consistently shot down by his imaginary rival enemy, the German flying ace the "Red Baron". Schulz said of Snoopy's character in a 1997 interview: "He has to retreat into his fanciful world in order to survive.
Snoopy and the Red Baron (book), a best-selling cartoon book in 1966 by Charles M. Schulz, later adapted into a view-master set. "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" (song), a single and an album by The Royal Guardsmen; Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, a 2006 game for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PC; Snoopy and the Red Baron, a 1983 game for the ...
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The Red Baron is an adversary of Snoopy, under the guise of his "World War I Flying Ace" persona. Although never seen in the strips, Snoopy and the Red Baron often battle against each other; despite Snoopy's best attempts, the Red Baron often wins their dogfights , causing Snoopy to fall from the roof of his kennel (which doubled as the Flying ...