William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Ooh, That's Corny ; Year: 1963; Genre: Country/Comedy Was listening to Homer & Jethro yesterday, which is something I don't do too much unless I'm in the mood for something silly, which, for me at least, is normal for most comedy/parody artists. Anyway, this is one of their songs that I heard a lot over the years that, I believe, features the late-great Boots Randolph on saxophone, but if it's not him it is someone who was doing a good job of copying him.   Hear She Made Toothpicks of the Timbers of My Heart on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Rob Zombie - House of 1000 Corpses     My song pick 2 years ago today: Mike Pinder - Among the Stars   My song pick 3 years ago today: War - All Day Music   My song pick 4 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - Side By Side   My song pick 5 years ago today: Sly & The Family Stone - Shine It On   My song pick 6 years ago today: Rush - We Hold On   My son...

From: At the Country Club ; Year: 1960; Genre: Comedy/Parody I was in need of something a little light-hearted today, so I decided on picking one from Homer & Jethro. This is probably their biggest and most recognizable song; it is a parody of Johnny Horton's The Battle of New Orleans , which can be heard here on YouTube . Instead, in their parody it's about a bunch of adolescent campers chasing naked women. Hear The Battle of Camp Kookamonga on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Karussell - Entweder Oder My song pick two years ago today: Nightwish - Last of the Wilds (Erämaan viimeinen) My song pick three years ago today: Rush - Caravan My song pick four years ago today: John Denver - This Old Guitar My song pick five years ago today: Rammstein - Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do)

1468 Homer & Jethro - The Billboard Song From: The Worst of Homer & Jethro , Year: 1957 Genre: Comedy This was another song that my grandfather used to play for everyone. For many years the only version of this song I'd ever heard was his rendition just singing and playing the guitar; I sure do miss hearing him play. Anyway, this cute song from the legendary musical comedy duo of Homer & Jethro is about a powerful storm blowing through a town during the night and stripping away parts the many layers of advertizements on some billboards and thus accidentally causing funny messages to appear on them. Some of the lyrics in the song are quite funny: "Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes/Drink Wrigley's Spearmint Beer/Kennel Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's complexion clear." Hear the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Thursday - I1100 My song pick two years ago today: Wings - Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five My song p...