RIP Jerry Samuels (AKA Napoleon XIV)

[Canard]

He has been taken away ...

Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music's Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as 'Napoleon XIV' - Best Classic Bands

He wrote and recorded "They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!," an instant hit single in 1966, with an equally bizarre B-side

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[Bill Ashton]

Ya know, I actually bought and had that 45 when I was a teen...kinda took is as similar to Screamin' Jay Hawkin's "Put a Spell On You," a novelty item, but I bit. Even my father thought it was cool and don't know how THAT happened...

"...and I can see the men in their big white coats and they're coming to take me away HA HA!..."

Damn, how is it I remember this?

Sadly, I probably could recite the lyrics to "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight"...

RIP Jerry, you were a bright light for comedy at that time...

 

[DrumBob]

My best friend bought that 45. I preferred the flip side. It was backwards.

You could never get away with releasing something like that today.

 

[5thumbs]

Sadly, I probably could recite the lyrics to "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight"...

Thanks a lot for that earworm!

 

[kitniyatran]

My best friend bought that 45. I preferred the flip side. It was backwards.

You could never get away with releasing something like that today.

Yeah I was thinking when the thread was 1st posted I thought we maybe had that single when I was a kid. Now that you mentioned the flip side I remember we definitely did get; backward it was. way cool!

 

[DrumBob]

Yeah I was thinking when the thread was 1st posted I thought we maybe had that single when I was a kid. Now that you mentioned the flip side I remember we definitely did get; backward it was. way cool!

The PC police would be all over your ass in a heartbeat.

 

[kitniyatran]

Good!