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In the mid-1960s, The Slickers consisted of the Crooks brothers and Winston Bailey. [1] Derrick was the only constant member, [2] with Abraham Green joining the Crooks brothers at the time "Johnny Too Bad" was recorded. [1] The Slickers have often been wrongly assumed to simply be an alias for The Pioneers due to their similar vocal stylings. [2]
Porter was happy with being a creative force but not being the leader of a band. With the Slickers he could write songs, sing and play on records, and let Spike book the gigs. Porter was the lead vocalist, and also played clarinet and arranged. [13] Among the songs Porter wrote. "Siam" and "Pass the Biscuits Mirandy" became part of the band's book.
"I'm ready," said Polly. To nurse him she's gone, And finds it's her true love all wasted and wan. The first week the doctor kept shaking his head, "No nursing, young fellow, can save him," he said. But when Polly Oliver had nursed him back to life He cried, "You have cherished him as if you were his wife". O then Polly Oliver, she burst into tears
In 1956, Jones supervised an album of Christmas songs, many of which were performed seriously. In 1957, noting the television success of Lawrence Welk and his dance band, he revamped his own act for television. Gone was the old City Slickers mayhem, replaced by a more straightforward big-band sound, with tongue-in-cheek comic moments.
His film roles have followed a similar trend — minor and supporting roles. Henderson also recorded his own vocal tracks as "King Blues" for the comedy film Get Crazy (1983). Henderson made a guest vocal appearance on Charlie Haden's album The Art of the Song (1999).Henderson appeared in Inside Moves 1980 and White Men Can't Jump 1992.
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The Pioneers were formed in 1962 by brothers Sydney and Derrick Crooks, and their friend Winston Hewitt. [1] Their early recordings "Good Nanny" and "I'll Never Come Running Back to You" were self-produced at the Treasure Isle studio in Kingston, Jamaica, using money lent to the Crooks brothers by their mother and appeared on Ken Lack's Caltone label.
Spike Jones and his City Slickers recorded a musical parody that uses themes from Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture. It was recorded along with sound effects and humorous horse race calls performed by Doodles Weaver , in the style of the famous announcer Clem McCarthy .