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A cover of "Surfin' Bird" was used in the first episode of the 1989 series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, "The Bird! The Bird!" As with all cover songs from the show, later releases of the episode replaced the song with generic music. A separate cover of the song was also the theme song of the 1998 animated series Birdz. "Surfin' Bird" is ...
The Trashmen's biggest hit was 1963's "Surfin' Bird", [1] which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latter part of that year. The song was a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons, "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". [5] The song was recorded at Kay Bank Studios in Minneapolis. [6]
The LP incorrectly credits the title track to Steve Wahrer, the band's drummer and vocalist. "Surfin' Bird" is actually a fusion of two songs by the Rivingtons: "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". Following legal threats by the group, the song was re-attributed to all four members of the Rivingtons.
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[citation needed] The Trashmen would record Surfin' Bird which was inspired by The Rivingtons' songs Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow and Bird is the Word. The song was a big hit, and would later appear in Family Guy and Full Metal Jacket. The band broke up in 1967. In the 1980s they started touring again.
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 ...
A video from the Chiefs showed Gay ask a cameraman to get word that he wanted to hear the song, “Swag Surfin’” by F.L.Y. played at Arrowhead. That request was granted, and it started a dance ...
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.