[Dixielandjazz] Chicken Dance

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Of course Sha Boom might have reached a sort of Folk music status and may be 
sung in school.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Chicken Dance


> 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:
>
>> snip
>>
>> 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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