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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jul 14, 2012 11:24:17 GMT -5
Deservedly so, I might add:
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Post by mstgator on Jul 14, 2012 20:18:07 GMT -5
Spent 6 weeks on the Hot 100 (!).
Somebody hit the jukebox again and turn it off, please.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 15, 2012 5:43:14 GMT -5
When he was on "Saturday Night Live",Dan Aykroyd did a character named Leonard Pinth Garnell who was a theatre critic that hosted a series called "Bad Playhouse"-Imagine if he had to listen to "The Fonz Song"-His response might've been "That's truly awful".
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Post by 40fan on Jul 15, 2012 13:23:50 GMT -5
Well...less than a year earlier there was a record based on a TV character with a popular catch phrase, "Dynomite" by Bazuka, that went top 10. The vocalist on that record did a pretty good impersonation of Jimmy Walker. Here, the guy doing Fonzie just seems to be doing the cliche version that Happy Days fans were imitating everywhere. He ain't no Henry Winkler! And the singing...anyone else reminded of "Lipstick On Your Collar"?
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 15, 2012 14:53:09 GMT -5
40 fan,You're probably thinking of "Kookie Kookie,Lend Me Your Comb" by Connie Francis & Edd "Kookie" Byrnes which was a top five hit in 1959-There was a popular TV series around that time called "77 Sunset Strip"-The character that Byrnes portrayed was certainly a precursor to Henry Winkler's character of Arthur Fonzarelli aka "The Fonz" on "Happy Days".
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Post by skuncle on Jul 15, 2012 16:46:12 GMT -5
40 fan,You're probably thinking of "Kookie Kookie,Lend Me Your Comb" by Connie Francis & Edd "Kookie" Byrnes which was a top five hit in 1959-There was a popular TV series around that time called "77 Sunset Strip"-The character that Byrnes portrayed was certainly a precursor to Henry Winkler's character of Arthur Fonzarelli aka "The Fonz" on "Happy Days". Kookie Kookie was by Connie Stevens and Edd Byrnes, not Connie Francis. |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Jul 17, 2012 7:20:09 GMT -5
40 fan,You're probably thinking of "Kookie Kookie,Lend Me Your Comb" by Connie Francis & Edd "Kookie" Byrnes which was a top five hit in 1959-There was a popular TV series around that time called "77 Sunset Strip"-The character that Byrnes portrayed was certainly a precursor to Henry Winkler's character of Arthur Fonzarelli aka "The Fonz" on "Happy Days". Personally, I remember Edd "Kookie" Byrnes as the guy who was drunk on the pilot of Wheel Of Fortune.  |
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jul 17, 2012 21:38:05 GMT -5
Personally, I remember Edd "Kookie" Byrnes as the guy who was drunk on the pilot of Wheel Of Fortune. IMHO, this was Edd Byrnes at his best: |
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Post by mrjukebox on Aug 9, 2012 6:09:20 GMT -5
I forgot that Connie Stevens was the female voice on "Kookie,Kookie Lend Me Your Comb".
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 30, 2012 8:06:19 GMT -5
The Heyettes' "The Fonz Song" peaked at No. 91 in May 1976.
Heh-heh-heh ... just WAIT until a 1976 AT40 comes up in April or May 2013 – can't wait to make this an official prediction! *snicker*
Incidentally, was that actually Henry Winkler lending his voice to the song (i.e., participating in the recording, saying his signature lines), or were those 1. audio snippets from the show; or 2. (more than likely) a voice talent that was a sound-alike?
In any case, didn't get that close of a look at the album jacket, but my guess is this was one of the many K-Tel type "oldies" albums that were issued in the 1970s, with a bunch of 1950s songs – save for probably Elvis – on there.
Brian
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Post by mkarns on Aug 30, 2012 11:03:32 GMT -5
I forgot that Connie Stevens was the female voice on "Kookie,Kookie Lend Me Your Comb". As a solo artist, Connie Stevens had a top 5 hit in 1960 with "Sixteen Reasons", which charted again in 1976 when covered by...Laverne and Shirley! (Which incidentally was a "Happy Days" spinoff.) And that same year, of course, versions of both sitcoms' theme songs were top 40 hits. |
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