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The song seems to have first been recorded (as "Tomato") in New York in 1949, by singer June Nelson, with her piano and trio, and with Manning credited as the writer. The recording was listed as a calypso, and was released by Herb Abramson's Jubilee Records, catalogue number 5014.
The song is most famous for its "You like to-may-to / t ə ˈ m eɪ t ə / / And I like to-mah-to / t ə ˈ m ɑː t ə /" and other verses comparing British and American English pronunciations of tomato and other words. The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences.
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" is a song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Its author, Norman Greenbaum, later wrote and performed "Spirit in the Sky" to greater chart success. [2]
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The YouTube puppet web comedy series Glove and Boots recorded a parody of the song, "New York, New York ft Johnny T", in 2015. [36] Sung by the character Johnny T (a New Yorker frog), the parody is a more cynical take about the modern New York City, with lyrics about gentrification and rising cost of living forcing residents to move out.
The music video features Clark performing the song with "a loud variety of fashion choices" in front of "increasingly lurid and colorful backdrops.". [9] [10] In 2018, St. Vincent and Da Corte reunited for another video, as part of Da Corte's exhibition, C-A-T Spells Murder at the Karma Gallery in New York City (February 18 – March 18, 2018 ...
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