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"Flim Flam Man" is a song written by Laura Nyro for the 1967 film The Flim-Flam Man. It was first recorded and released by Nyro in February 1967 on her debut album More Than a New Discovery . Barbra Streisand recording
The Flim-Flam Man (titled One Born Every Minute in some countries) is a 1967 American comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner, featuring George C. Scott, Michael Sarrazin, and Sue Lyon, based on the 1965 novel The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man by Guy Owen.
Starting with this release, the song "Hands Off the Man" was retitled "Flim Flam Man (Hands Off the Man)". Columbia Records re-issued The First Songs with all-new cover art (featuring a rose illustration) in 1973. In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [2]
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"The Frim-Fram Sauce" is a jazz song written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel. [1] In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit [2] and "ussin-fay" was pig Latin for "fussing", meaning "playing about fretfully". [2]
William Avery Rockefeller was born in Ancram, New York. [3] He was the eldest son of businessman/farmer Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (September 24, 1783 in Albany, New York – September 28, 1857 in Richford, New York) and Lucy Avery (February 11, 1786 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts – April 6, 1867).
The single was written and produced by Goldenberg, with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman also contributing to the lyrics. It was released to United States radio stations in January 1973, [3] strictly as a non-commercial release. [4] However, in later years a 7" single was available for purchase from Streisand's catalog. [5]
The song begins with studio-recorded spoken word lyrics delivered by Zappa and is followed by the chorus. The song was inspired by the traditional nursery rhyme, "The Muffin Man". [citation needed] The song closes the album, as well as the 1995 compilation Strictly Commercial, and was also used as a finale in concerts for many years afterwards.