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Topic: Please help identify three recordings |
Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 1:38 pm |
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1 From about the late 1950s, a version of "The Heel" other than June Carter's.
2 From the mid 1960s, a talking song by a guy in a phone booth calling his wife "Opal" or "Opel" to make up, but then telling her off. I remember "The years take their toll on us, Opal."
3 From the late 1960s, a novelty song that I heard on a jukebox in Sacramento. I think it was called "The Woodpecker Song." I remember something like, "He pecks all night in my backyard. How does he keep his pecker hard?"
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Steve Alcott
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New York, New York, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 2:28 pm
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| I believe #2 is Tommy Collins. I have a couple of his comedy bits that Russ Wever sent, including the one where he goes to Vegas and changes his name to "Cigarette Milner". |
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 4:42 pm
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"Opal...You Asked Me" is Tommy Collins. "Cigarette Milner is another good one from him.
Anybody ever heard his Easter sermon? |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 9:21 pm
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| I don't think we can post the Easter sermon here. I've got a tape of it that I pull out every year sometime around Easter. "I'm tired of so much s*** around here". |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 9:49 pm
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Oh yeah...you're right about that. I wouldn't think of posting that one.
Hoss... & Hosses' |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 9:20 am
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| Thanks fellas. I've got to look this guy up. |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 2:53 pm
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| Opal you asked me is one of my favorite all time tunes. I first heard it years ago riding home from a job with my dad. We laughed till we couldn't stand it. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 3:11 pm
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I remember The Woodpecker Song! An artist called Billy Mitchell did it (and a lot of other artists as well). Very old...goes back to the '30's I believe. "...He pecked and pecked on my front door, pecked til he made his pecker sore - sore pecker, sore pecker. A real bad bird".
The "Heel" song by June has me stumped, though. I remember "The Mark Of A Heel", by Hank Thompson, but that's probably a different song. |
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ajm
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 29 Jan 2008 5:40 pm
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If Donny can't get this, then it is truly obscure with a capital "O".
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