It's John Fred (with His Playboy Band). I dunno if he named his band that to try to improve his chances of appearing on Playboy After Dark. But he did deliver one of the greats in the one-hit wonder pantheon, Judy in Disguise (With Glasses). It was catchy, infectuously repetitive, and it glommed onto the Beatles bandwagon, at least as well as someone from Louisiana could glom onto the Beatles. Here is the video, in honor of one of the three known viewers of this blog. Fred's shirt sure drives the "lemonade pie" lyric home, and the guy from Tempole Tudor apparently borrowed the pants for his TOTP rendition of Wunderbar.
Also, this video shows the phenomenon of the missing musician. It has the horn players, who were the usual suspects to be missing when a group back then mimed a song, but there's a guy holding a tambourine who presumably was the drummer. I assume the record company was an indy who couldn't pony up for a drum kit. And those string sounds apparently came from heaven itself.
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One-hit wonder? You obviously are forgetting "Baseball at the Box," John Fred's homage to his hometown team, the LSU Tigers. Sung to the tune of "Let's Go To The Hop," this classic -- which still gets kids of all ages to tap their toes and shake their moneymakers -- is also a tribute to the old Alex Box Stadium.
ReplyDeleteLove the blog. Keep up the good work. If you can find a video to substitute for this one (YouTube removed it), please do. I want to watch it again.
Shake their moneymakers. So that's where the Black Crowes got the idea for their album title! Anyhoo, I wish I could give you some prize for being my first comment, but I can only give you my appreciation. And thanks for the heads-up on the video; I shall effort a replacement.
ReplyDeleteAnd boy, is Jerseygirl's blog pink!