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Golden Hits Of The Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2
''Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2'' (released July 1966) is the Smothers Brothers' first greatest hits album. There is no Volume 1, but all of the routines had been performed on earlier comedy albums by the duo. These are not the same performances contained on other albums, making it a "new" album. There was not a true hits collection for the duo until '' Sibling Revelry: The Best of the Smothers Brothers'' released in 1988. Track listing #"Cabbage" (10:27) version of " Boil Them Cabbage Down"- Dick asks Tom to "Take it" and Tom says "No." Also includes the idea that there are pumas in crevices in America - previously performed on '' The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers'' #"Church Bells" (2:58) - Song about the bells of a Catholic church, a Protestant church, and Synagogue during which Dick mistakenly describes "the little sliver bell" of the Synagogue. Previously performed on '' Curb Your Tongue, Knave'' where the mistake is "Catholic Chowers." #"My Old Man" (4: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smothers Brothers
The Smothers Brothers are Thomas ("Tom" – born February 2, 1937) and Richard ("Dick" – born November 20, 1938), American folk singers, musicians, and comedians. The brothers' trademark double act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic guitar, Dick on double bass), which usually led to arguments between them. Tommy's signature line was "Mom always liked you best!" Tommy (the elder of the two) acted "slow" and Dick, the straight man, acted "superior". In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the brothers frequently appeared on television variety shows and issued several popular record albums of their stage performances. Their own television variety show, ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'', became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the Vietnam War era. Despite popular success, the brothers' penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969. One epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (also called "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", or "Michael, Row That Gospel Boat") is a traditional African-American spiritual first noted during the American Civil War at St. Helena Island, one of the Sea Islands of South Carolina. The best-known recording was released in 1960 by the U.S. folk band The Highwaymen; that version briefly reached number-one hit status as a single. It was sung by former slaves whose owners had abandoned the island before the Union navy arrived to enforce a blockade. Charles Pickard Ware was an abolitionist and Harvard graduate who had come to supervise the plantations on St. Helena Island from 1862 to 1865, and he wrote down the song in music notation as he heard the freedmen sing it. Ware's cousin William Francis Allen reported in 1863 that the former slaves sang the song as they rowed him in a boat across Station Creek. The song was first published in 1867 in ''Slave Songs of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smothers Brothers Albums
Smothers is a surname. People with this surname include: People * Clay Smothers (1935–2004), African-American member of the Texas House of Representatives 1977–81 * Dick Smothers (born 1939), American comedian, composer and musician, one half of the Smothers Brothers, father of Dick Smothers, Jr. * Dick Smothers Jr. (born 1964), American pornographic actor, son of Dick Smothers * Howard Smothers (born 1973), American football offensive lineman * Jessie Belle Smothers (AKA Jessie Belle McCoy, born 1985), American model, professional wrestling valet, and professional wrestler * Joseph Smothers (fl. 1870s), Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi * Little Smokey Smothers (1939–2010), American blues guitarist and singer, younger brother of Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers * Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers (1929–1993), American blues guitarist and singer, elder brother of Little Smokey Smothers * Smothers Brothers, American double act consisting of Dick and Tom Smothers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Smothers Brothers At The Purple Onion
''The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion'', released May 1, 1961 on Mercury Records, is the first album released by the Smothers Brothers and established their reputation as folk music satirists. The Purple Onion was a celebrated comedy and music club in the North Beach area of San Francisco that also launched the careers of the Kingston Trio and Phyllis Diller, besides the Smothers Brothers. The album's full cover text is: ''The Songs and Comedy of the Smothers Brothers! Recorded at the Purple Onion, San Francisco'', and is Mercury catalog number MG 20611 (monaural), and SR 60611 (stereo). It is sometimes referred to as ''Live at the Purple Onion''. Despite its title, the bulk of the album was in fact not recorded at the Purple Onion. According to Dick Smothers (quoted in the duo's biography, ''Dangerously Funny''), the Purple Onion shows were good, but the tapes were compromised by technical issues, and as a result the only part of the Purple Onion performance that mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads. The group sold millions of records at the height of their popularity, including the first folk song to reach No. 1 on popular music charts, their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene." Despite their popularity, the Weavers were blacklisted during much of the 1950s. During the Red Scare, members of the group were followed by the FBI and blacklisted, with Seeger and Hayes called in to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities Seeger left the group in 1957. His tenor and banjo part was covered in succession by Erik Darling, Frank Hamilton and finally Bernie Krause until the group disbanded in 1964. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Album)
''Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' (the first release of this album lists it as ''Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour'' on the label, similar to the show's logo on the front cover) is a 1968 comedy album released on Mercury Records by the Smothers Brothers consisting of bits from their CBS television series, '' The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. As a result, much of the album consists of political humor, which was absent from their previous recording efforts but remained true to their television show's content. It reached number 164 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. Track listing #"Morons" (0:58) - Tom explains his theory that power in government exists in relationship to the amount of clothing you wear. #"Troubador Song" (7:54) - Dick tries to sing a madrigal but Tom keeps making "cheep cheep" bird sounds. #"Smart Juice" (0:57) - Tom gives Dick a taste of his Smart Juice. #"President Johnson" (0:47) - Tom offers President Johnson political advice. #"You Didn't Come In" (3:42) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paint Your Wagon (musical)
''Paint Your Wagon'' is a Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story centers on a miner and his daughter and follows the lives and loves of the people in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. Popular songs from the show included "Wand'rin' Star", "I Talk to the Trees" and "They Call the Wind Maria". The musical ran on Broadway in 1951 and in the West End in 1953. In 1969 the film version also titled '' Paint Your Wagon'' was released. It had a highly revised plot and some new songs composed by Lerner and André Previn. Synopsis ;Act I In the California Wilderness in May 1853, a crusty old miner, Ben Rumson, is conducting a makeshift funeral for a friend. Meanwhile, his 16-year-old daughter Jennifer discovers gold dust. Ben claims the land, and prospectors start flocking to the brand new town of Rumson ("I'm On My Way"). Two months later Rumson has a population of 400, all of whom are men except for Jennifer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Must Have Been Something I Said!
''"It Must Have Been Something I Said!"'' is the fifth comedy album from the Smothers Brothers (released April 15, 1964 on Mercury Records). It reached number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. The single "Jenny Brown" had peaked at #84 on the 1963 Pop Singles chart, however the recording here is a different, "live" version. The album was recorded at The Ice House in Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. I .... The cover photograph showed Dick having just smashed a guitar over Tom's head, thereby justifying the album title as a word balloon. Track listing #"Slithery Dee" (0:32) - A Shel Silverstein song. #"Hiawatha" (9:25) - "Hiawatha, he went hunting, went to hunt the bunny rabbit. Had to make a pair of mittens, from the bunny rabbit's fur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Smothers Brothers Show
''The Smothers Brothers Show'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy sitcom featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 p.m. ET from September 17, 1965, to April 22, 1966, co-sponsored by Alberto-Culver's Alberto VO5, VO5 hairdressing products and American Tobacco's Tareyton cigarettes. It was the first television show to feature the Smothers Brothers as regulars, following a series of night club and guest appearances. It lasted one season, consisting of 32 episodes. It was the network's last situation comedy filmed in black-and-white; shortly after its final telecast, all CBS prime-time series were transmitted in color. In 1986, two decades after cancellation, reruns were seen on Nick at Nite. Synopsis Dick Smothers played himself as a rising young executive at Pandora Publications, working for publisher Leonard J. Costello (Roland Winters). Brother Tom Smothers, Tom had been lost at sea two years earlier and now shows up as an apprent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Think Ethnic!
''Think Ethnic!'' is the third comedy album of the Smothers Brothers, released February 15, 1963 on Mercury Records. It reached number 27 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart in 1964. Track listing #"Soap" (0:30) - A song about "eight bars"... #"Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair "Black Is the Color (of My True Love's Hair)" (Roud 3103) is a traditional ballad folk song known in the US as associated with colonial and later music in the Appalachian Mountains. It is believed to have originated in Scotland, as it refers to ..." (3:04) - Turned into "Black Is the Colour of My Love's True Hair" 'But only her Hairdresser knows--/("Does she or Doesn't she?")--/Only her Hairdresser knows!'' (a play on the advertising 'tag line' at that time for Clairol hair-coloring products). #" The Fox" (6:17) - Tom decides that this song about a fox throwing a duck across his back would be enhanced by quacking, but Dick disagrees. #"I Never Will Marry" (3:05) #"Venezuelan Rain Danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Album
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
