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Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor.
An alley-oop in basketball is an offensive play in which one player passes the ball near the basket to a teammate who jumps, catches the ball in mid-air and dunks or lays it in before touching the ground. The alley-oop combines elements of teamwork, pinpoint passing, timing and finishing.
A variant of Alley Oop called Ollie Oop was written by Paul T. Clark and Gary S. Paxton. The song was a tribute to Col. Oliver North, again performed by Gary S. Paxton while Paul was part of the background singers. The record was released as a single and was played in some major markets, but it never quite took off.
In Perry, Hamlin thought about those dinosaurs and started drawing a comic strip titled The Mighty Oop. He was not pleased with his creation, and he destroyed it. A year later, he tried again, submitting Alley Oop to a small syndicate, Bonnet-Brown, which launched the strip as a daily, beginning December 5, 1932. A few months later, Bonnet ...
"Alley Oop" was the first song played on WLS-AM Radio in Chicago on May 2, 1960, when it changed format from farm programming to rock and roll. "Alley Oop" charted for 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number one for the week of July 11, 1960. [1] The song sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. [4]
Origins of the "Alley Oop" moniker are uncertain, although it clearly derived from the Alley Oop comic strip launched in the 1930s. [1] According to Owens, the name came one of three people — veteran quarterback Tittle, young quarterback John Brodie , or head coach Red Hickey . [ 1 ] "
Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip and its main character, created by V. T. Hamlin in 1932. Alley Oop may also refer to: Alley Oop, a name shared between two moves; a facebuster and a powerbomb in pro wrestling; Alley Oop, a special maneuver where Bullwinkle throws Rocky up in the air to give the flying squirrel an added boost of speed for ...
Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash "Alley Oop" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, the Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze ...