Billboard Notes: 2024-03-07

[dwvanstone]

I've switched from listening to Billboard songs from 1960 to Billboard songs from 1977. On January 8, 1977 there were two songs called "In the Mood" which debuted -- I thought maybe this was another case of an original and a cover coming in at the same time. But no!

The first was part of a medley by Rush from their 1976 live album All The World's a Stage. (The full song is "Fly By Night/In The Mood.")

The second was ... well, this weird cover of the Glenn Miller original by Henhouse Five Plus Too. (I believe this was a spoof of the 50s Dixieland jazz band Firehouse Five Plus Two.)

Also debuting was a disco version of the I Love Lucy theme by the Wilton Place Street Band. (The band was created for the sole purpose of releasing this single.)

I'm in for several months of listening to novelty tracks. I'm both amused and terrified.

Comments

[groovesinorbit]

I remember that cover of "In the Mood"! I think I still have the single somewhere. :)

[dwvanstone]

For real!! That's awesome -- it's so...silly!

[groovesinorbit]

It is! Ray Stevens was a hoot back then. I remember his hit "The Streak," too. Silly stuff.