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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 in a 1944 advertisement. The Merry Macs were an American and British close-harmony pop music quartet who were active from the 1920s until 2000. They were best known for the hits "Mairzy Doats", "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" and "Sentimental Journey". The group also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby.
"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"
"Mairzy Doats" the Merry Macs: 2 February 1944 "Cocktails for Two" Spike Jones: 4 January 1945 “Chickery Chick” Sammy Kaye: 1 October 1945 “Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)” Alvino Rey: 6 May 1946 “Open the Door, Richard!” Count Basie, vocals by Harry "Sweets" Edison and Bill Johnson: 1 February 1947 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That ...
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane "A Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin" w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin "How Blue the Night" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh "How Little We Know" w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael. Introduced by Lauren Bacall in the film To Have And Have Not. "I Begged Her" w. Sammy Cahn m ...
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:
Dodie Stevens (born Geraldine Ann Pasquale, February 17, 1946) [1] is an American rock and traditional pop singer.She is best known for her 1959 song "Pink Shoe Laces."It debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 when Stevens was one day short of 13 years old, and eventually peaked at number 3.
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