Bird Music

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"It Takes An Old Hen To Deliver The Goods" · Cliff Carlisle, 1936

 

 

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"Chicken Hearted Woman" · Clarence Samuels, 1956 (with Johnny Copeland on guitar chicken clucks)

 

 

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"Chicken Blues" - The Dominoes, 1950

 

 

Chicken Blues · The York Bros., 1951

 

 

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"Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" is a song written and performed by Marvin Rainwater. The song became a big country-pop crossover hit, making Rainwater among the first country singers to appeal to a pop market. It reached #3 on the U.S. country chart and #18 on the U.S. pop chart in 1957. It sold one million copies, and gave Rainwater his first gold record.  It remained on the charts for 5 months. It was covered by a number of well known country artists. You're just going to love it:

 

 

"Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" - Skeeter Davis & Porter Wagoner, 1962

 

 

Finally, my personal favorite version, "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" · Slim Whitman, 1963

 

 

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On 2/25/2021 at 7:40 AM, sphinxsix said:

Louis Jordan - a huge fan of chickens.

 

 

 

"Cock-A-Doodle-Doo" · Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, 1951

 

 

"That Chick's Too Young To Fry" - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, 1946

 

 

"A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird" - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, 1949

 

 

"Chicken Back" · Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, 1955

 

 

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"A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around" · Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett, 1927

 

Stovepipe not only wore a stovepipe hat but played an adapted stovepipe. The song begins with a stovepipe solo:

 

 

No, I'm not kidding:

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Watching this trailer only once may not be enough but the creators of this clip have taken care of it..

 

 

 

                                

 

                                  

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[Iving]

This YT vid. is full of ducks, and other strange non-goose birds! Stay to the end for crash landings.

 

Rocking Goose - Johnny And The Hurricanes (1960)

 

 

[sphinxsix]

@christopher3393 WoW! 

 

I've just seen this movie. Highly recommended to all bird art house cinema lovers! 

(there are guns and huge quantities of marijuana involved )

 

 

 

[Iving]

More bird music from Johnny And The Hurricanes. The video theme? Search me.

 

Bye Bye Blackbird (1960)

 

 

[Iving]

... and one more - The "Hep" Canary - all 1960

 

 

[christopher3393]

37 minutes ago, Iving said:

... and one more - The "Hep" Canary - all 1960

 

 

 

Here's a YouTube video of the above song available in the states: 

 

 

Musical cheese at its finest! I remember hearing their rockin' version of "Red River Valley", which got a lot of radio play. Can't miss that Hammond Chord Organ trading solos with sax and guitar...over and over again, cover song after cover song. Induces early sixties hipster groove trance dance. And you managed to find all 3 of their bird songs. Impressive archival retrieval. Doff chapeau!  🤠

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1 hour ago, Iving said:

... and one more - The "Hep" Canary

Shouldn't this be a 'hemp' canary.? One of the possible explanations for smuggling the seeds in the old days used to be that they are canary food product (which they happen to be) 

[Iving]

1 minute ago, sphinxsix said:

Shouldn't this be a 'hemp' canary.? One of the possible explanations for smuggling the seeds in the old days used to be that they are canary food product (which they happen to be) 

 

I don't know a lot about this sort of thing, notwithstanding having just watched all series of Narcos and now embarking on El Chapo. Thank you for the education!