Some of these youngsters around here have a gap in their education. It was considered a hit song way back when. Back in the radio heydays, and later overlapping with the early days of television, there was a show called Your Hit Parade that did a live cover of the top 10 "best sellers" for the week. When the post war babies grew into their teenage years in the mid 50's, they had this new thing called "allowance money" in their pockets. And for the first time in history the teenie bopper customers starting calling the shots in the music industry. The old style singers, crooners and orchestras used on the Your Hit Parade show couldn't reproduce the right vibe for this new rock'n'roll and humorous "Flying Purple Eater" type songs that were aimed at this new youth market. The show quickly went down in flames after that.
Well, I was born in '46, so that'd place me in the right era - the song must have been popular before '55 or so, I'd guess.
Both songs charted in '56. "His novelty song "Transfusion" was a Top 20 hit in 1956, reaching #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. A second song, "Ape Call," released later that year, also charted and peaked at #28."
Well I had completely forgotten about ape call but after listening to it on YouTube it really brought back memories. WOOO HOOOOOO
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