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“Mairzy Doats” is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases. The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats".
The Merry Macs continued to score on the hit parade; their version of "Mairzy Doats" was a best-seller. Garland, who later married Judd McMichael, remained with the group for two decades. Imogene Lynn was the group's female lead singer in 1946–1947. [4] [5]
"Mairzy Doats" The Merry Macs [12] March 25 [13] April 1 [14] April 8 [15] April 15 [16] April 22 "It's Love-Love-Love" Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson and the Lombardo Trio "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen [17] April 29 "San Fernando Valley"
A prominent example is Mairzy Doats, a 1943 novelty song by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. [70] The lyrics are a reverse mondegreen, made up of same-sounding words or phrases (sometimes also referred to as "oronyms"), [71] so pronounced (and written) as to challenge the listener (or reader) to interpret them:
The Trade Winds was an American pop group formed in Providence, Rhode Island.The group's members were singer-songwriter and record producer Peter Anders (né Peter Andreoli) (April 28, 1941 – March 24, 2016) [1] and Vini Poncia, who previously had a hit single (with a third member, Norman Marzano) under the name "The Videls" with a song titled "Mr. Lonely", which hit #73 on the U.S ...
Mairzy Doates (foaled 1976 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was owned by New York City art dealer Arno D. Schefler who bought her as a weanling from breeder Preston W. Madden. Schefler named her for the novelty song "Mairzy Doats" made popular in a 1943 recording by bandleader Al Trace. [1]
"Mairzy Doats", composed by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston in 1943 "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", written by Al Hoffman, Mack David and Jerry Livingston in 1948
The Belmonts were an American doo-wop group from the Bronx, New York, that originated in the mid-1950s.The original group consisted of Angelo D'Aleo (born February 3, 1940), Carlo Mastrangelo (October 5, 1937 – April 4, 2016), and Fred Milano (August 26, 1939 – January 1, 2012).