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"Ahab the Arab" (1962) "Furthermore" (1962) Music video; on YouTube "Ahab the Arab" (also written "Ahab, the Arab") is a novelty song written and recorded by Ray ...
1,837 Seconds of Humor is the debut album of Ray Stevens, released in 1962. [1] The front of the album shows a sheik that rides a camel, which is a reference to Stevens' song "Ahab the Arab." All of the material on the album was written by Ray Stevens and published by Lowery Music Co., Inc. (BMI).
1962 "Ahab the Arab" b/w "It's Been So Long" (from This Is Ray Stevens) 2 5 9 — 7 1,837 Seconds of Humor "Further More" b/w "Saturday Night at the Movies' 97 91 — — — "Santa Claus Is Watching You" b/w "Loved and Lost" (from This Is Ray Stevens) 37 45 — — — The Best of Ray Stevens: 1963 "Funny Man" b/w "Just One of Life's Little ...
June 1962 "Ahab The Arab" Ray Stevens: 5 August 1962 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers 1 September 1962 [42] "Pepino the Italian Mouse" Lou Monte: 5 December 1962 [43] "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" Rolf Harris: 3 June 1963 [44] "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" Allan Sherman: 2 August 1963 [45] "Surfin' Bird" The Trashmen: 4 ...
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".
"Gitarzan" is the album version that begins with audience noises, and "Ahab the Arab" is a re-recording of his 1962 hit for his album Gitarzan (released in 1969). The remaining tracks are selections that were recorded for Curb Records ; of these selections, only two were released as singles ("Super Cop" and "The Motel Song") and the rest served ...
One of the selections is not an original recording; "Ahab the Arab" is a re-recording of Stevens' 1962 hit for Mercury Records that was included on his album Gitarzan, which was released by Monument in 1969.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1962. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through October 31, 1962. №