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"Fast Food Song" is a song made famous by British-based band Fast Food Rockers, although it existed long before they recorded it, [1] as a popular children's playground song. The chorus is based on the Moroccan folk tune " A Ram Sam Sam " and mentions fast food restaurant chains McDonald's , Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut .
On! U of K", [1] is a fight song at the University of Kentucky. Although it is primarily associated with the historically successful Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program, the lyrics are actually specific to football. [2] Aside from this song, the school is rarely referred to as "U of K" but simply as "UK."
Published in 1926, the song was first recorded by Clarence Williams' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in 1927. [1] It was popularized by the 1930 recording by McKinney's Cotton Pickers, who used it as their theme song [2] and by Louis Armstrong's record for Okeh Records (catalogue No.41448), both of which featured in the charts of 1930. [3]
"Kentucky Avenue" is a song written and performed by Tom Waits, and released on Side Two of his 1978 album, Blue Valentine. [1] The song was also included on the 1986 compilation album Asylum Years .
Their most successful hit was their 2003 release "Fast Food Song", which parodies the traditional folk melody "A Ram Sam Sam".The Dutch DJ Eric Dikeb claims to have made a Dutch song out of that traditional melody in 2001, called "Pizzahaha", explaining that at that moment, he was taking part in the Dutch television show Big Diet, in which contestants had to lose as much weight as they could ...
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Yacht rock wouldn't get its name until more than 20 years later, via a web series called Yacht Rock that debuted in 2005. The mockumentary's 12 episodes were spread out over five years, and ...
Lyrics appeared in 1927 in The American Songbag by Carl Sandburg, [12] having come through Gilbert Raynolds Combs. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Those lyrics are used by Bill Keith and Jim Rooney , [ citation needed ] by James Taylor on his 1972 album One Man Dog , and by The Country Gentlemen on their eponymous 1973 album .