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"Popsicles and Icicles" is a song written by David Gates and performed by The Murmaids. The single was arranged by Nestor La Bonte and produced by Kim Fowley . [ 1 ]
The Music Vendor chart ranked "Popsicles and Icicles" at No. 1 for the week of 18 January. Music Vendor ' s next No. 1 was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, "Popsicles and Icicles" is sometimes cited as the last No. 1 of the pre-British Invasion rock and roll genre. The Murmaids made one television appearance on the Lloyd Thaxton show ...
In 1961, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where Gates continued writing songs, and he worked as a music copyist, as a studio musician, and as a producer for many artists – including Pat Boone. [1] Success soon followed. His composition "Popsicles and Icicles" hit No. 3 on the US Hot 100 for The Murmaids in January 1964. [1]
1963 The Murmaids: "Popsicles and Icicles" 1964 The Hellions (featuring Dave Mason & Jim Capaldi) 1965 Kim Fowley – "The Trip" 1966 Kim Fowley: "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" 1967 Elf Stone: "Louisiana Teardrops" 1967 The Fire Escape: Psychotic Reaction; 1967 Soft Machine: "Feelin' Reelin Squeelin" (B-side of "Love Makes Sweet Music")
Singer; Singer-songwriter ... and You've Changed with lyrics by Bill Carey ... the group that had a hit recording of "Popsicles and Icicles" in 1964. [3] Death ...
Fowley soon produced the Murmaids' 1963 hit "Popsicles and Icicles" (US No. 3). [15] He also helped bring together the Runaways in 1975, [15] as well as the Orchids (not the Scottish band, but another American all-female band). [16] Their 1980 album, The Orchids, was released on MCA Records as MCA-3235.
"Popsicles and Icicles" The Murmaids: 3 January 11 6 December 28 "Forget Him" Bobby Rydell: 4 January 18 5 "Talk Back Trembling Lips" Johnny Tillotson: 7 January 4 3 Singles from 1964 January 4 "Quicksand" Martha and the Vandellas: 8 January 4 1 "The Nitty Gritty" Shirley Ellis: 8 January 11 3 "Midnight Mary" Joey Powers: 10 January 4 2 January 11
The third movement's "swan-call" motif has been appropriated in a number of pop songs, though some alleged borrowings are so fleeting or approximate that they may be coincidental resemblances (e.g. "Popsicles and Icicles" by The Murmaids (1963); "On My Own" by Peach Union (1996); and the song "Stories" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The ...