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Ahab loves Fatima, which apparently does not sit too well with the Sultan, whose appearance prompts an escape attempt, which does succeed, because Clyde was the fastest camel in the desert, and they "lived happily ever after" (the original single version was edited and does not mention the escape attempt at all, instead ending the song with ...
"Ahab the Arab" 1997 "Virgil and the Moonshot" "Too Drunk to Fish" 2000 "Juanita and the Kids" "The Pirate Song" "The Haircut Song" "Freddie Feelgood (and His Funky Little Five Piece Band)" "The Ballad of the Blue Cyclone, Parts 1 and 2" 2002 "Osama Yo' Mama" "Hello Mama" 2003 "Bridget the Midget (Queen of the Blues)" "Deerslayer"
One of the selections is not an original recording; "Ahab the Arab" is a re-recording of Stevens' 1962 hit for Mercury Records that was included on his album Gitarzan, which was released by Monument in 1969.
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is a collection of ten previously released singles by Ray Stevens, released in 1987.Of the selections of songs, three were recorded for the record label of Monument Records ("Gitarzan," "Along Came Jones," and "Ahab the Arab,"), four for Barnaby Records ("Everything Is Beautiful," "Turn Your Radio On," "The Streak," "Misty"), one for RCA Records ("Shriner's Convention ...
The version of "Mr. Businessman" is the single release. " Gitarzan " is the album version that begins with an audience cheering and applauding. " Ahab the Arab " is the original recording that was released by Mercury (Stevens had re-recorded the song for his album Gitarzan in 1969).
The essay mentions how Stevens' breakthrough in the music industry came with the release of "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" and then his next hit "Ahab the Arab" helped establish him as a singer and songwriter of the music genres of comedy and novelty.
Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), [1] known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country [2] and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. [3] [4] He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty hits such as "Gitarzan" and "The Streak".
"Gitarzan" is the album version that begins with noises of an audience. "Harry the Hairy Ape" and "Ahab the Arab" are not the original recordings but re-recordings that were made for Monument. "Mr. Businessman" is the album version.