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The song was written and sung by protest singer and contributing editor to folk-centric Broadside Magazine, Len Chandler.After it became a hit for the Serendipity Singers in 1964, doctors protested that many children were actually putting beans in their ears so it was banned in some places such as Pittsburgh and Boston.
The follow-up, "Beans in My Ears", hit #30 on the Hot 100 and #5 on the AC chart a few months later. [4] "Beans in My Ears" was banned in Boston, by Pittsburgh's KDKA radio station, and "some television shows asked us to do something different. Understandably so--it was dangerous," according to Bryan Sennett.
The Many Sides of the Serendipity Singers is the second studio album by the Serendipity Singers. ... "Beans in My Ears" – 2:06 "Soon It's Gonna Rain" – 2:42
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.
Chandler was born in Akron, Ohio in 1935. He showed an early interest in music and began playing piano at age 8. [1] Studying classical music in his early teens, he learned to play the oboe so he could join the high school band, [1] and during his senior year joined the Akron Symphony Orchestra.
It was released on their premiere album, The Serendipity Singers. Later reissues of the Serendipity Singers' recording credited Hickey and Miller as the song's writers. [ 6 ] In a "My Music, Folk Rewind" video, the group's nine members appear as three groups of three, with each group singing its particular verse; all nine members sing in each ...
"Beans in My Ears" Len Chandler: 3:27: Additional tracks on MP3 [2] No. Title Writer(s) Length; 19. "Equinoxal" ...
As a child growing up in the early 1940s Donegan listened mostly to swing jazz and vocal acts, and became interested in the guitar. [5] Country & western and blues records, particularly by Frank Crumit and Josh White, attracted his interest and he bought his first guitar at 14 in 1945. [5]