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My dog at the time used to howl whenever the song came on. Lots of fun.
Favorite Instrumentals
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Any one of those instrumental songs from the 70s, especially the piano ones like that and "The Entertainer", are very nostalgic to me; because no one could walk by a piano in the high school band room without stopping to play it.
Mister scotch mentioned Apollo 100's early 1972 top-ten hit Joy, adapted from Johann Sebastian Bach's 1723 composition Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring. The Ventures, best known for Walk Don't Run, Perfidia, Sleigh Ride and Hawaii Five-O, released a version of Joy in December 1971, a month after the Apollo 100 song came out. Apollo 100's version credited Bach as the writer. The Ventures' version credited only the five members of the Ventures!
This got to #109 on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart in December 1971 and later appeared on the album Joy! The Ventures Play The Classics, released in March 1972.
This got to #109 on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart in December 1971 and later appeared on the album Joy! The Ventures Play The Classics, released in March 1972.
The "rebel yells" and hand claps in Rebel Rouser – the song was originally titled Rabble Rouser – were done by the Sharps, a Los Angeles R&B quartet. They also sang background vocals on Jimmie Witherspoon's Sad Life and Thurston Harris's Little Bitty Pretty One. The Sharps would change their name to the Rivingtons and have a hit in 1962 with Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow.
Duane Eddy played Rebel Rouser on a 1985 Late Night With David Letterman – but nobody did rebel yells.
Duane Eddy played Rebel Rouser on a 1985 Late Night With David Letterman – but nobody did rebel yells.