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The song became a hit, selling over a million copies, and was later recorded by Frankie Yankovic and Lawrence Welk. [1] Kames' music producer first heard "Dance Little Bird" at a German music fair in 1982. [1] The producer sent Kames a copy of the song, who recorded his own version, known as "The Chicken Dance". [1] He released it in 1982. [2]
The "Chicken Dance", also known and recorded as Der Ententanz, Tchip Tchip, Vogerltanz, the Bird Song, the Chicken Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance, Danse des Canards, the Duck Dance, El Baile de los Pajaritos, O Baile dos Passarinhos, Il Ballo del Qua Qua, Check Out the Chicken, or Dance Little Bird, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance has become familiar throughout the Western ...
In America, we love us some turkey. But why? How did the turkey become our national feast bird — on Thanksgiving, Christmas and every other big day?
In Portuguese a turkey is a peru; the name is thought to derive from the country in South America 'Peru'. [16] Several other birds that are sometimes called turkeys are not particularly closely related: the brushturkeys are megapodes, and the bird sometimes known as the Australian turkey is the Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis).
Ben Franklin defended the choice of the turkey as the national bird as being more respectable. The bald eagle was named the national symbol in 1782. It is protected under the National Emblem Act ...
The Turkey Trot, unlike Thanksgiving, is not a family activity. This early-1900s dance shocked America. On Thanksgiving, we remember the original forbidden dance: the Turkey Trot
"Chicken Reel" is a dance tune. It was composed and published in 1910 by Joseph M. (Michael) Daly (1883–1968), with copyright registered on October 7. [ 1 ] Joseph Mittenthal added lyrics three months later, and the texted version was copyrighted on January 12, 1911.
Turkey and Thanksgiving go hand-in-hand in America. But why is this bird always invited over for that Thursday dinner?