[Dixielandjazz] Chicken Dance

[David Richoux]

Not surprising to me at all - ShaBoom could have been a "favorite  
song" of the grandparents  (possibly even great-grandparents?) of  
those kids.  Both the straight version and the Stan Freberg take were  
very popular all over the country.

In my family we sang songs from many sources - songs we heard on the  
radio, folk, comedy, parlor songs, camp songs, church, etc., etc.  
When cousins got together from all over the country we all sang them  
and learned new favorites.
Some songs my Grandmother certainly knew. (The Beatles write a song  
about that - I know a few OKOM bands cover "Your Mother Should Know" )


Dave Richoux


On Oct 1, 2007, at 6:43 AM, Jhopkins wrote:

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> Last Friday we played a 50th Wedding Anniversary and the crowd  
> loved the band (and the swing dance team we included)....when a  
> little 8 year old asked for ShaBoom (sp?)  and we played it, the  
> place went crazy. These 7 and 8 year olds knew the words and sang  
> along....amazing.
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