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"The Thing" is a novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean released in 1950. The song received heavy airplay, spending 14 weeks on the Billboard charts. The melody is derived from the English bawdy folk song "The Chandler's Wife", which itself derived its melody from the earlier English folk song " The Lincolnshire Poacher ".
Phil Harris released his version on October 13, 1950. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20–3968. The other side of the release, The Thing. became the hit but the matrix number of Harris' single shows Goofus as the A-side. Chet Atkins recorded "Goofus" in 1960 for the studio album Chet Atkins' Workshop, RCA Victor catalog ...
Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American actor, bandleader, entertainer and singer. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny Program, then in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show in which he co-starred with his wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years.
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Thing-in-itself (or noumenon), ... a 1950 song, recorded by Phil Harris and others "The Thing", a B-side song on the single release of "Velouria" by Pixies; Video games
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Here are the lyrics of the first verse as sung by Phil Harris, which first appeared in the movie, I Love a Bandleader (1945): “Won't you come with me to Alabamy Let's go see my dear old mammy She's frying eggs and broilin' hammy That's what I like about the South.” (Note the word “about.”)
Charlamagne tha God pressed, quoting Harris’ self-proclaimed favorite rapper, Tupac, as saying, “We got money for war, but can’t feed feed the poor.” Harris did get nailed down on some points.