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Stevens felt that novelty music was experiencing a revival in the middle 1980s after a period in the early 1980s where it was not as popular. [3] As with many other Stevens songs, a music video was produced several years later, with the songwriters in prominent roles; Cyrus "Buddy" Kalb played the squirrel's first target.
Stevens uses comic storytelling to frame what occurs when a young adolescent boy catches a squirrel (while visiting his grandmother in Pascagoula, Mississippi), brings it into church, where several self-righteous members – including one in particular with sinful secrets to hide – are prominent members, and the squirrel breaks loose from a ...
Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), [1] known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country [2] and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is best known for his Grammy -winning recordings " Everything Is Beautiful " and " Misty ", as well as novelty hits such as " Gitarzan " and " The Streak ".
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Cyrus "Buddy" Kalb Jr. (born July 15, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", performed by Ray Stevens, and "Frog Kissin'", which was performed by numerous artists, including Chet Atkins.
Ray Stevens, Bill Everette: 3:40 Heidi Newfield: 6 "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" Carl Kalb, Jr. 4:12 Tyler Dean 7 "Ahab the Arab" Ray Stevens 3:55 Phil Vassar: 8 "Shriner's Convention" 5:40 Charlie Daniels: 9 "Misty" Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner: 3:03 Vince Gill and Sonya Isaacs: 10 "Harry the Hairy Ape" Ray Stevens 2:57 N/A 11 "Would Jesus ...
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 is a collection of ten previously released singles by Ray Stevens, released in 1987.Of the selections of songs, three were recorded for the record label of Monument Records ("Gitarzan," "Along Came Jones," and "Ahab the Arab,"), four for Barnaby Records ("Everything Is Beautiful," "Turn Your Radio On," "The Streak," "Misty"), one for RCA Records ("Shriner's Convention ...
His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits is a 10-track collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1990 by Curb Records. One of the qualities that makes this collection identifiable is that it concentrates solely on Stevens' songs of novelty and comedy.