There is a compilation of his '50s sides called "Fifties Collection 1951-58" that crops up online pretty cheaply.
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10:36am
MHLee:
Wow, on the otherworld,I've played this song Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon (at least on the other version) and it's a remarkably similar song
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10:37am
MHLee:
Oh, look at that... it's this song.
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11:23am
Mr Fab:
If you're taking requests, how about some Hasil Adkins? There's a entire compilation of his chicken songs called "Poultry In Motion."
11:26am
JoeH:
"Walk, Chicken, Walk 'Cause You're Too Fat To Fly" – Little Jimmy Dickens (1950)
"Chicken Hearted Woman" – Clarence Samuels (1956)
JUst two that I found that were popular in the 50s
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Song:
"Everybody Loves A Chicken" by "Peerless Quartet"
No more hotdogs made me jump!
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11:27am
WR:
Possible chicken tangent: Yardbird is a chicken and is well known as the nick name of Charlie Parker. Several choice Parker compositions: Yardbird Suite, Chasing the Bird, Carvin' the Bird.
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Song:
"Chicken Road" by "Ken Hanna & His Orchestra"
very interesting. Don't know anything about Ken Hanna. Vocal credited to Sherli Sanders. These chicken songs open up a lot of rabbit holes, wish I had time to go down them all.
11:55am
JoeH:
Thanks Jan! Appreciate you considering the random suggestions. Glad we finally got around to some dumplings! :-)
Listener comments!
: Today we play chicken songs.
MHLee: Hi Jan, I should be around all day today. Just gave my last exam for an indefinite period of time.
David The Splatter: Chicken Dance Polka? :)
JoeH: Howdy Jan and fellows. Would this include fraidy cats?
Jan Turkenburg: Hello MHLee, David and JoeH!
WR: Hello Jan and folks.
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ David The Splatter @9:36
I haven't found an old enough recording of it. though the song was written in 1957 according to wikipedia, it wasn't recorded untill the seventiesJan Turkenburg:
↳ JoeH @9:43
I'm not familiar with 'fraidy cats'. A google search resulted in a cartoon show from the seventies...JoeH:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @9:56
A quaint term for someone who is afraid (or chicken). Kids call other kids that.Jay Current: Did either of Louie Jordan's two chicken hits make the bill for today?
David The Splatter:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @9:53
Yeah, I had the same problem with "Mah Mah Chicken Pot Pie". But I'm learning so much by looking these up.Jan Turkenburg:
↳ Song: "Original Jigs and Reels" by "George Stehl"
The first tune in this medley was called "chicken reel", which will be a thread throughout the show.Jay Current:
↳ Song: "A Chicken Ain't Nothin but a Bird" by "Louis Jord...
Well that answers my question.Jan Turkenburg:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @10:03
It's the earliest recording of Chicken ReelJan Turkenburg: Hello Jay!
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ WR @9:50
Hello WR!Jay Current:
↳ Song: "A Chicken Ain't Nothin but a Bird" by "Louis Jord...
Also, I just learned recently that Bill Doggett of "Honky Tonk" fame started off as a member of The Tympany Five.MHLee: Do you have Chicken is Noce from the Smithsonian Folkways?
Jay Current:
↳ Song: "A Chicken Ain't Nothing But a Bird" by "Cab Callo...
I feel like Cab Calloway could make anything sound entertaining - the guy is just brimming with personality.MHLee: Doggett backed a lot of Helen Humes
nightengale: It's all around me now! Billboards for the new chicken sandwich!
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @10:13
No, I haven't, will try to look it upJan Turkenburg:
↳ nightengale @10:14
Hello Nightengale!MHLee: Howard Hayes and Melinda Jackson Parker, later picked up by Dave Van Ronk.
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @10:13
Ah, you meant to type 'chicken is nice'! Yes, I have that.MHLee:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @10:17
Yup!MHLee:
↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chicken" by "Louis Jordan"
Now if we could only figure out what year the roll'em pete record that is not the original one is.MHLee:
↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chicken" by "Louis Jordan"
I need to get Jordan's mercury singlesJay Current:
↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chicken" by "Louis Jordan"
Interesting how the later version still swings but has a rockabilly feel to the guitarMHLee:
↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" by "Leon McAul...
There's Choo Choo Ch'Boogie on this too weirdlyJay Current:
↳ MHLee @10:23
There is a compilation of his '50s sides called "Fifties Collection 1951-58" that crops up online pretty cheaply.MHLee: Wow, on the otherworld,I've played this song Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon (at least on the other version) and it's a remarkably similar song
MHLee: Oh, look at that... it's this song.
MHLee: uncrecords.bandcamp.com...
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @10:38
👍🏼MHLee: There no credited author on any of these
David The Splatter:
↳ Song: "Does a chinese chicken have a pigtail?" by "Nervo...
You know who would know that answer? General Tso.MHLee:
↳ Song: "Pickin' A Chicken" by "Eve Boswell"
I played the first recording of this on jukebox goldWR:
↳ Song: "Does a chinese chicken have a pigtail?" by "Nervo...
this has a general sound like a Cliff Edwards and the like recording.Jan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @10:52
Ah, missed that one. I wasn't aware of an earlier recording.MHLee:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @10:54
It's on a weird comp. African Jazz & Variety -Alfred Herbert from 1952MHLee: Barbara Thomas is the artist's name
Jay Current:
↳ MHLee @10:52
What weeks will Jukejoint Gold be off for by the way? I remember you said you were moving.MHLee: soulsafari.wordpress.com...
MHLee:
↳ Jay Current @10:56
30th and 6thJay Current:
↳ MHLee @10:56
OkayMHLee: I assumed that was just you being Dutch
WR:
↳ Song: "Chicken in the Rough" by "Georges Barnes"
very nice<3: thanks for sharing. my mom is bipolar and it’s useful to hear someone else talk about the speech/memory challenges, which she encounters
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Rhythm" by "Slim Gaillard"
Somewhere there's an explicit version of this.Jan Turkenburg: your welcome,<3!
Jan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @11:06
I found out Slim Gaillard recorded it several times, but I had a hard time finding the release years, so I chose not to include the others...MHLee:
↳ Jan Turkenburg @11:09
www.youtube.com... "f*ck Off"MHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Shack Boogie" by "Amos Milburn"
This one was stuck in my head and I couldn't remember the titleJan Turkenburg:
↳ MHLee @11:10
Yes, I heard that in at least one of the versions... (or was that my dirty mind..?)MHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Shack Boogie" by "Amos Milburn"
This is so far ahead manJay Current:
↳ MHLee @11:14
Quite a bit of Jukejoint Gold overlap in this week's No Sounds Under 64.WR:
↳ Song: "Chicken Shack Boogie" by "The Five Scamps"
Good instrument solos. Guitar, trumpet, sax.MHLee: The Amos Milburn one is the only version of chicken shack boogie I knew of... think Amos is underrated.
MHLee: Or under remembered, he was big.
David The Splatter: Reminds me of this chicken place I used to eat at where your box came to you through a bulletproof bank tellers' gate.
Mr Fab: Hi Jan, great idea for a show. Chicken songs are always fun.
Jan Turkenburg: Hey Mr. Fab!
Mr Fab: If you're taking requests, how about some Hasil Adkins? There's a entire compilation of his chicken songs called "Poultry In Motion."
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Shack Boogie" by "Amos Milburn"
This was actaully recorded in 1947 apparently so it anticipated the "rock" of 1948MHLee: www.spontaneouslunacy.net...
Jan Turkenburg: thanks for that link, MHLee!
JoeH: "Walk, Chicken, Walk 'Cause You're Too Fat To Fly" – Little Jimmy Dickens (1950)
"Chicken Hearted Woman" – Clarence Samuels (1956)
JUst two that I found that were popular in the 50s
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Everybody Loves A Chicken" by "Peerless Quartet"
No more hotdogs made me jump!WR: Possible chicken tangent: Yardbird is a chicken and is well known as the nick name of Charlie Parker. Several choice Parker compositions: Yardbird Suite, Chasing the Bird, Carvin' the Bird.
Mr Fab:
↳ MHLee @11:26
Haha, speaking of Hasil Adkins..MHLee:
↳ Mr Fab @11:29
Exactly!WR:
↳ JoeH @11:26
Oh, yeah, Clarence Samuels is great.Jay Current:
↳ Song: "Chicken Baby Chicken" by "Tony Harris"
Ebb Records with the very minimalist label, in sharp contrast to the high energy performance from Tony HarrisMHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Is Nice (With Palm Butter and Rice)" by "...
This is the famous Congresswoman Malinda Jackson Parker... there's so little Liberian music from this period recordedWR:
↳ Song: "Chicken Is Nice (With Palm Butter and Rice)" by "...
www.discogs.com...Marvelous!
MHLee: www.wfmu.org... I tried to play most of what I could find from Liberia before rock here.
MHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Gumboog(ie)" by "Will Bradley and his Orch."
I like how turkey in the straw just became a chicken songWR: This has been a very rich theme.
MHLee:
↳ WR @11:38
Plenty of chicken to go aroundJoeH:
↳ Song: "Walk Chicken, Walk ('Cause You're Too Fat to Fly)...
HAHAHAHAHAHA thanks Jan!David The Splatter: This episode is making me hungry. 45 minutes until lunch, though.
MHLee:
↳ MHLee @11:33
www.elijahwald.com... more on itMHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Hearted Woman" by "Clarence Samuels"
man, this record is trying to blow out the recording boothJay Current:
↳ David The Splatter @11:40
Just remember, chicken ain't nothin' but a bird.MHLee:
↳ Song: "Pick a chicken" by "Jaudas' Society Orchestra"
Ac lot going on hereMHLee:
↳ Song: "Chicken Road" by "Ken Hanna & His Orchestra"
Now this is weirdWR:
↳ Song: "Chicken Road" by "Ken Hanna & His Orchestra"
very interesting. Don't know anything about Ken Hanna. Vocal credited to Sherli Sanders. These chicken songs open up a lot of rabbit holes, wish I had time to go down them all.JoeH: Thanks Jan! Appreciate you considering the random suggestions. Glad we finally got around to some dumplings! :-)
WR:
↳ Song: "Chicken An' Dumplins" by "Art Blakey"
OK, a hard bop entry for the chicken theme. I'm satisfied.David The Splatter: Thanks, Jan! *cluck cluck*
Jan Turkenburg: 🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼
Jay Current: Turns out chicken music is quite interesting, and not just in the novelty sense
Mr Fab: Ducks, racoons...must add "chicken" to Jan's Zoo.