We Want to See The Monkey

 

 Uncle Rude

Shvengitz Records

101

We Want to See The Monkey

wr. Kenny Fine, Orange Bear Music
produced by Walt Kahn
1972
 

Uncle Rude is Kenny Fine.

Ken remembers growing up surrounded by artists in his family. Most were entertainers in some way, always trying to find that balance between art and business. He was primarily a piano player, who then studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the early 1970s. He recalled finding a Moog IIIc in the school's Music department, where students were using it to record compositions. And as an undergrad he had access.  Ken was already fascinated with, as he put it, "the crazy electronic stuff". He became influenced by many electronic artists and their music of the day, including Isao Tomita's Snowflakes are Dancing.

Upon graduation from music school in roughly 1973, he ended up working at an electronics company called Components in Minneapolis, and that's when he started to go out and visit synthesizer factories like Moog and EML. He visited the Moog factory in Buffalo, and it was around this time that he realized he really wanted to sell synthesizers. He began speaking with others in the synthesizer industry like ARP owner Alan R. Perlman (Ken recalls having an ARP synthesizer back then) and this solidified his resolve to get into the business. And after only a year in Minneapolis, he moved back to PA to get to work on that plan.

Vibronic

Finding himself back in PA, he soon found his 23-year-old-self with a new bank loan and a new business partner - Marc Paterka. They had met at the electronic store in Minneapolis, and at the time Marc was a church organist who had been playing in a lot of big cathedrals at the time.

Opening that store in their first location was a busy but fun time. Ken recalls the "high" he felt when buying all those amazing synthesizers for the store. The direct access to a wide variety of rather rare keyboards got him started doing Moog rentals sessions for studios like Sigma Sound, who were always looking for the latest sounds for their R&B artists. And soon the store expanded to offer Moog service and modifications.
 

 

On Kenny Fine & Vibronic Music Service see:

https://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/2012/09/vibronic-music-service-what-combination.html

https://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/2012/09/vibronic-music-systems-synthesizers-ad_10.html

Weeping Mary

 

The Sensational Chariots

Weeping Mary - part I

Weeping Mary - part II

Cha-Wee CW-9268 (1968)

Written by the Rev. Glen Squires (1933-2011), published by Mary Hill Music,  company owned by Frank Virtue (named after his wife). Philadelphia label. The group had at least another record on the same label, see 45cat

 

The Flattops on Beat!

 

 

 

The Flattops on Beat!

MS-581
ZTSP 27462 Roland Rock (Williams)
ZTSP 27463 Don't Look Back Mother Drac (Williams)

MS-582
ZTSP 27472 Too Much Slack In The Sack (Ferlaine & Whitaker)
ZTSP 27473 Flattop Special (Williams)

Produced and/or published by McFazwith & Smith, Inc.  Phila, PA.

Roland Rock is about the horror-movie host “Roland” featured on the weekly WCAU-TV' Shock Theater (1957-58) played by John Zacherle. 

Too Muck Slack is a rocker about the sack dress look composed by two members of WCAU-TV' art department. John Ferlaine and John Whitaker.  George Pincus, president of Gil Music Corporation, acquired the publishing right to this song which was spotted in Philadelphia by Irwin Pincus. (Cash Box, May 3, 1958). The three other songs composed by one Williams.

The flips of the above two songs are instrumentals with wailin' sax. All songs today are credited at BMI to Edward R. White and Typort Music (originally owned by Jim Tyson & Jerry Rappoport).

No info about the band line-up.  I'm curious about the ungoogleable McFazwith. Is this a private joke, a typo ? or what ?

Twist A Hip

 
Twist A Hip

wr. Ray Saracen, Talent Pub. ASCAP
1961

Sonny Nichols is the pseudonym of John Mangiaracina, previously a member of The Criterions.

John Mangiaracina was a junior at Point Pleasant Beach High School when he joined the Criterions in February 1959. He’d already been singing solo at various area Lion’s Clubs, Asbury Park High School and at the Bloomfield Sock Hop. John could also play the guitar and tenor sax. While he’d never taken formal music lessons, he was playing tenor sax on the all state band. John is the lead singer on the Criterions “Don’t Say Goodbye” (on Cecilia & Laurie Records)

John Mangiaracina would graduate from North Texas State University with a bachelor degree in music and music education. After serving four years in the Air Force he moved to Texas.

John Mangiaracina a.k.a Sonny Nichols

Armpit # 6

Armpit # 6

Screamin' Jay Hawkins
(Red Top 126, 1959)

Credit : Ethbaal —  CC BY-SA 3.0, 

Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love

Freddie Dino

Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love

One-off label out of Philadelphia.  Penned by Artie Singer and Jon Sheldon (actually a  pseudonym for Kal Mann), the song was also recorded by Dee Dee Sharp for Cameo Records in 1963  with lyrics credited to Kal Mann and music to Dave Appell, © Kalmann Music, Inc.; 22 July 1963

I assume that this version came just before the one on Cameo.  Similar lines in the label design are found on Philadelphia labels released in 1962/1963 (Lash Records and Taba Records for instance).

I've found only one mention on record of a Freddie Dino who composed in 1965 one side of a Dino & His Fabulous Jerrels single on a Rochester, New York label named "Star Artists" (later, Capitol Star Artist)

King Of The Blues

Al Berry

and The Furness Bros.

King Of The Blues

w &  m Max Dickman & Marilyn Israel

Melmar 115

1957

Only "featured" on the previous record on the same label — Furness Brothers Featuring Al Berry — Al Berry is promoted here as the main artist.  He was a member of the New Furness Brothers at least until the early sixties.

Businessman and songwriter Max Dickman started the Melmar label in Broomall, Pennsylvania, named after his son, Melvin, and his wife, Marilyn.  The first three releases on the label were by Bonnie Davis & The Piccadilly Pipers [See Marv Goldberg's website HERE)

 

Rock Ur Baby

Ted Forrest Quintet
Rock Ur Baby
 Kay Shubert, Norman Joyce, Oceanic Pub.

Norman 102

Delancey Street, Phila

1956

Ted Forrest, once a sideman with Charlie Barnett, has performed since at least the mid-forties.  Rita Konstance and Jean Harrison were among the female vocalists with his band.   He was still performing in 1964, when a local newspaper wrote about " the zany musical antics of Ted Forrest and his society revue in the Imperial room of the Thruway Motor Inn in Albany.  "

His bookings in 1956 were handled by the Jolly Joyce Agency, whose main artists were then Bill Haley, Alan Freed (for motion pictures and TV) and Steve Gibson and his Red Caps.

The short lived Norman label was probably owned by Norman M. Jacobs (aka Norman Joyce), son of Jolly Joyce :

Mr. Jacobs came from a theatrical family.  His mother's ancestors were cantors in Russia, and his father performed in vaudeville acts until the late 1920s, when he founded Jolly Joyce Theatrical Agency Ltd.

At age 13, Mr. Jacobs began helping out at the business owned by his father, who was known professionally as "Jolly Joyce." He would stop in after school every day, and by the time he graduated from Olney High School in 1949, Mr. Jacobs was working full time - and overtime.

With his father, Mr. Jacobs booked dozens of top acts of the 1950s, and the agency became the exclusive agent and manager for groups including the Comets and Boxtops.  

The only other release on Norman that I know of is Nan Williams' " Giddy-up Giddy-Up".    There is also a mention in 1956 of The Rocking Horses (another Jolly Joyce act) Two Girls & 3 Boys  Kings And Queens Of Rock 'N' Roll", but an actual release has yet to be confirmed.

Jazzy Little Mama

Bunny Sigler

Jazzy Little Mama 

(David Reed,  Tinker Music ASCAP)

A Music City Production

Arr. by Dickie Howard

Hi Lo 102

1958

This is the very first record by this Philadelphia soul and r&b artist, " a musician, a singer, a songwriter, a producer, a mentor to others and a man who had rubbed professional shoulders on an equal status with such legendary Philadelphia icons as Bobby Caldwell, Bobby Martin, David White, John Madara, Len Barry, Linda Creed, Cindy Scott and of course The Mighty Three triumvirate of Gamble, Huff and Bell"

It's almost impossible to find reliable information on the Bunny Sigler recording early days and their chronology, even from the usually dependable ones.   The best source of information I've found about the early career of Bunny Sigler in the late fifties is this article from 2013 by Dave Moore found here    (although Hi Lo is spelled Hi Low...)
I've not be able to find much about who was behind this record.  Surely Frank Pingatore was closely associated with its production, but I can't imagine him as a label owner.  Frank Pingatore owned Tinker Music, the publishing company and wrote songs for Steve Gibson and the Red Caps who had the two other known records on this tiny Hi Lo Philadelphia label.  The Music City credited for the production is perhaps the music store and concert venue on 18th Street and Chesnut in Center City opened in 1947 by a drummer named Ellis Tollin and his business partner, William Welsh.

Frank J. Pingatore, Jr.

Frank Pingatore of Wilmington, Delaware passed away December 17, 2012 at the age of 82.

The son of the late Frank and Margaret Pingatore, he was the longtime owner of Pingatore Hair Designs. Prior to owning Pingatore Hair Designs, Frank was in the music business for many years. He began playing trumpet at an early age and became an accomplished professional player and had his own orchestra. He studied with Rhinehart for advanced trumpet skills and performed pop, jazz and rhythm & blues.

Frank attended Julliard for Composition and Theory and was a member of the ASCAP (American Society Composers, Authors, & Publishers) since 1955. He wrote many songs at an early age, and was the founder of Tinker Music Publishers. In 1953 Frank was presented a song, "Around the Clock," to revise, arrange, and rehearse with Bill Haley and the Comets. He arranged the union of country with rhythm & blues, wrote a new intro and revised the lyrics giving birth to "Rock Around the Clock"! He worked on many of Bill Haley and the Comets early hits, writing "Two Hound Dogs" and "Happy Baby," as well as writing for the Jodimars.

Cruel World

Bible Time today at Dead Wax  :   Demigod Andy Starr  (real name Andrew Zachar,Jr.) was born in Bethlehem, recorded  in Nazareth, in a place called the Holy Family Gym.   More info at his Paradise Hall of Fame page.

Just A Walkin'  is readily available but not the flip (which was the hit side locally) Cruel World.

Andy Zachar :

I went on to record "Just A Walkin' " and "Cruel World". We went to Philadelphia to the Tony Star Studio along with a group called the Sinceres who was going to cut their first record with my band backing them.   In the Sinceres group was a backup singer called Jay Procter who later became Jay and the Techniques who had 2 million selling hits with "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" and "Keep The Ball Rollin'".

Going back to my record, as I said "Cruel World" was to be the B side. Lee Andrews [ed.: of  Lee Andrews and The Hearts]  was in the studio watching us record that day and as I was finishing up with "Cruel World", Lee liked the song so much that he came over to the mike and moved me aside and finished the last part of the song which sounded great. When it was over he said ' I know this was the B side which probably won't get played but I love that song and it's my kind of music. I just had to be part of that. I hope you don't mind '.

Discography

1959    Arcade 115     I Love You Baby / I Know It's True        Andy Starr
1959    Casino 111      My Love For You / Why Am I A Fool.   The Casinos
1960    Valiant 101     Just A Walkin' / Cruel World                  Andy Starr And The Casinos

The Casinos : Joe Defulvio, Jim Tulio, Sam Gentile and Andy Starr.

Pioneer Records Discography

Pioneer Records

Kobe, Japan
2050 Ludlow St. Philadelphia, Pa.

(All releases from 1965)

6620  John Mical Orchestra

ZTSP 98731 — For Pete's Sake
ZTSP 98730 — Soft Touch
written by J. Mical - H. Ostrow
produced by Herbert Ray Ostraw

6621  The Virgos 

ZTSP 104661 — Humpty-Dumpty (Leroy Roebuck,Ray Herbert Music BMI)

ZTSP 104662 — You're A Stranger (John Davis, Ray Herbert Music BMI)

Produced by Herbert Ray Ostrow

6622   Tommy Swanson, His Guitar and The Sound Men

? — Baseball 

?— That's Boss  

Both written by Thomas R. Swanson and Herbert Ray Ostrow
© Herbert Ray Ostrow; March 25, 1965

6623   The Castaways   (Billboard 12 Jun 1965; ©April 22, 1965)

ZTSP 104993 — Comin' Back For More (Henry Hoffman, Harris Lasky & Barry Richards)
ZTSP 104994 — I Gotta Hankerin'   (Lendy Alvarez)

Produced by Tears & Laughter & Herbert Ray Ostrow

6624   The Virgos    

ZTSP 105665 — Cost of Love

ZTSP 105666 — Do The Sway 

Both written by John N. Davis,  Ray Herbert Music   © June 7, 1965
Produced by Herbert Ray Ostrow

6625   Vocal by Lucy / Vocal By Faruk  

ZTSP 105668  — Faruk #One    Vocal by Lucy

ZTSP 105669  — Faruk #Two    Vocal By Faruk

Written by Billly Martin, William Martin Music Co Inc
Produced by Martin-Murphy

*
Faruk #One (clip)

Obieshabooten Baby

Tony De Feo

Obieshabooten Baby

Marculli-DeAngelis

Myers Music Inc (ASCAP)

 

Richloy 45-103

1956 (or early 1957)

Of Tony De Feo I known nothing.  He was perhaps the Tony De Feo who was a member of The Hallmarks (Ricky and the Hallmarks on Amy Records, early sixties).

Owner of Myers Music and Richloy Records was James E. Myers.  James Myers started as drummer and performer, leading his own band, Jimmy DeKnight & His Knights of Rhythm.  

My father made portable metal bandstands for us, put lights on them, with a drawing of a knight in armor, holding a lance, riding a musical note, and that was our trademark. For a long time we went under that name and performed all over the Delaware Valley. We had a 22 piece orchestra at some locations and if they couldn't afford that, we'd cut down to 15 or whatever they could afford. Sometimes, we'd play clubs with just a trio or a quartet.

In 1946, after four years of combat in the South Pacific, and being away from performing music for so long, Jim Myers didn't feel like going back to playing drums.  He became a music publisher, a record producer and a promoter.  Then he wrote his first big hit :

 I wrote and copyrighted "Rock Around The Clock" in 1953.   I had written the melody and about half of the lyrics, but I was having trouble with the rest of it.   Max Freedman, who had written some other songs with me, walked into my office while I was fooling around with it one day and said, "That sounds pretty good, can I help you with it?"  I said, "Why not?" When we finished it he said, "What are you going to call it?" I said, "Rock Around The Clock."    And he said, "Why Rock, what's that mean?  Why not "Dance Around The Clock? And I said, "I just have a gut feeling and since I'm half writer and whole publisher, I'm the boss! Right!" So, we called it "Rock Around The Clock."  

When I showed it to Bill Haley he flipped over it, but his record company at that particular time, said it would never sell.   He recorded two versions of it, but they never released them.  

Then Jack Howard, who had Arcade Records at that time, said he wanted to record it with a group that he had called, Sonny Dae & His Knights.   They were first to release the song and it was a big hit locally.   It sold thousands of records in the Delaware Valley, but Jack didn't know how to promote it nationally.  

A year later, Haley came to me and said, "Jim, my contract is up, can you get me on a major label?"   I said, "I think so, what's the deal?"   He said, "I'll record one of your songs on one side of every release." I said, "That sounds good to me!"

The major label was Decca and the first song recorded by Bill Haley was "Rock Around The Clock", It's sold over 200 million copies to date, it's been recorded by more than 500 artists in 32 languages, 

Don't Call Me Chicken

Bob Crewe

Don't Call Me Chicken

Melba 119

1957

The story of Bob Crewe and Frank Slay starts generally with "Silhouettes", a song recorded by The Rays.  

But their association actually dates back from 1953, when Crewe met and partnered with Frank Slay Jr., a young pianist from Texas who came to New York aged 21 in 1951.

 

"Don't You Care", the earliest song they wrote together and sung by Bob Crewe, was issued on the Philadelphia BBS label in 1953, a label owned by Bill Borelli.

 Before this Melba release, Bob Crewe also recorded for Jubilee (1954), Spotlight (1955-1956) and Coral (1956).

To tell Crewe's full story would take a book 

 

What You Got Baby

Val Vasilieff (Mr. America)

What You Got Baby

F.Joseph-  R.Edwards

Virtu Music/AMG Music ASCAP

Globial W-101

1964?

This is body builder Val Vasilieff.   Not a bad record, just a little bit odd.

Valentino Vasilieff (later changed to Vasilef) won the Mr. America title in Chicago (July 14, 1964).  He was then a Sicklerville, Pa. resident.   After the bodybuilding career came a successfull fortunebuilding.  Check out his multi-million dollars "house" in Bradenton, Florida.

Val Vasilef is the recipient of over 80 physical fitness and record setting feats of strength awards including the esteemed "Mr. America" award. He is one of the most prolific formulators of health and wellness products and innovators of holistic and natural food products on the market today. His world wide audiences, readers and customers have benefitted over the years from his intense research into retarding the aging process and maintaining optimum levels of health and fitness.
Val's unique contributions to the world are manifest through his two companies Health Is Wealth Natural Foods of Blackwood, NJ and his supplements company Vitol Products of Bradenton, FL. Two of his most famous formulations include the world renowned "Russian Bear" muscle building formula and his latest formula "Pomegranate Liquid Multiple."

Jailhouse Blues

Dough Quattlebaum

Jailhouse Blues
Brynor Music, Inc. BMI

Na-Cat Records

Produced by Nate and Cathy Strand

1971

Brynor Music was owned by jazz pianist Ray Bryant (1931-2011).  Address on Na-Cat #210 (Ed Wiley & The Panasonics) is 3621 Old York Rd, Philadelphia, PA.

Douglas Elijah Quattlebaum
b. January 22, 1927 in Florence, South Carolina
d. around 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  

Notes by Pete Welding

from the album "Softee Man Blues"
Prestige Bluesville BV 1065 (1961)

Courtesy of Stefan Wirz website

Bye Bye

Rubin Wright

Bye Bye

R. Wright -L.Lovett

Lancer Music BMI

 

Lancer 101

 Distributed by Gone Records

November 1958

 

 

The Capris, Gotham Recording Artists

Rubin (or Ruben) Wright, front

 

From West Philly, pianist, songwriter and singer Rubin Wright recorded in the early fifties for Gotham Records as a member of The Capris.   His discography (solo career only) can be found at Sir Shambling website HERE.   

 

Lancer Records was owned by Lee Hasin in Philadelphia. The label had only a handful of releases in 1958-1959 (The Rosebuds, Don French and The Twins) mainly distributed through Goldner's Gone Records.

L. Lovett credited here as one of the songwriters is Leroy Lovett, a jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Both, Rubin Wright and Leroy Lovett recorded previously for Sid Pastner's Wynne Records.

Sweet Little Sixteen

 Rufus Brown

Sweet Little Sixteen

Gateway Records

1958

Cover of Chuck Berry biggest hit

Old Chuck with young girl

According to Maxwell Demon :

"During a show at the Ottawa Coliseum Berry saw a little German girl, seven or eight years old, pursuing singers for their autographs to add to her ‘wallet full of pictures’, seemingly more interested in the trophy than in the music being performed. The idea for one of his most successful songs was born, although the girl who provided inspiration was a little too young for his taste, she became ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’.

Early in December 1957 Berry laid down a demo of the song, perfectly capturing the excitement of its teenage heroine and is another striking demonstration of Berry’s ability to think himself into the mind of someone half his age. When released in February ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’ proved Berry’s biggest hit to date."

Note 1 : Chuck Berry is well known to think (or else) himself  into the mind (or else) of someone (female, preferably) half his age.

Note 2 : there IS a website named Chuck Berry - Mr. Rock'n'Roll, dedicated to the memory of... Bo Diddley (?!?). This site has detailed tour information for several artists, including Chuck Berry : he played the Auditorium Arena  in Ottawa, Ontario on November, 18, 1957.

Rocket Honeymoon

Larry Cartell

Rocket Honeymoon
Lawrence Gray, Larlon Music BMI

Roman Records

Arranged And Conducted By Bob Lowden
Produced By Tony Alano

196?

Sounds to me like a mid-sixties recording with a slight Freddy Cannon influence (?).   Incidentally, Freddy Cannon produced one Larry Cartell's single on Glenolden in the late sixties.

According to a press kit published by Glenolden Records in 1967 :

Larry got his start in show business at the age of three, singing with his father in bars in his native Philadelphia.  Larry holds the record for winning song contests.  Beginning as young boy and through his teens,  Larry won every contest he entered, he won one contest for 64 weeks straight.

The 23 year-old recording artist is a talented song writer as well as a singer and also writes the lyrics. 

His career as a singer really got under way last spring when he was discovered by Nick Busillo, who also discovered Al Martino as well as other famous entertainers.  Under Busillo's guidance, Larry recorded "Cowboy Santa", destined to become an all-time Christmas smash.

Larry was the only artist permitted to take part in the Gimbel Brothers annual Thanksgiving Day parade with is own float.  He was seen by 40 million viewers.     He will soon be seen of the "Ed Sullivan," " Tonight," Joey Bishop", "Mervi Griffin," and "Mike Douglas," as well as several other television shows.    Larry lives in South Philadelphia, spawning ground of such recording greats as Fabian, Frankie Avalon and Eddie Fisher. Larry is already carving a name for himself in the recording industry, and he also plans a career in films and television.

Larry Cartell's real name, I assume, is Lawrence (or Laurence) Gray, as I can't find any Cartell song's signature on his records.

Larry sung also the title song in  “Girl In Golden Boots”, a movie directed by Ted V. Mikels.  

Read more about this by Jeremy Allison, a big fan of the movie HERE.

  ★

Nicholas "Nick" Busillo, Larry Cartell's manager, was a veteran of the Philadelphia music scene, when he first recorded Larry Cartell for his Glenolden label in 1967.  In the early fifties, he was involved in music publishing and was with BBS Records and Crosley Records labels, which he co-owned with Bill Borrelli and/or Russ Smith.  (The Crosley label was revived in 1958-1960.)

★

"Larry Cartell, singing star, is enjoying great success with his first release, "Cowboy Santa", on Glenolden Records (150).  At this early point, the record is earmarked as one of the greatest Christmas hits of all times"  (Billboard ad, 1967, Decembre 16)

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Dick Warren

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Big 4 Hits 232


1958

A hit for Hank Williams in 1950.

Clarence Williams,   a New Orleans jazz and blues pianist, publisher, composer, agent, record producer, and vocalist copyrighted the song, but he didn't wrote it.   "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It" is actually an old jazz novelty which was already played in the 1900s by Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden, a New Orleans black cornetist (1877-1931).
For more info about the story of the song, see Larry Birnbaum, "Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll".


Dick Warren had several songs released by the Cincinnati's Rite Records subsidiaries Gateway and Big 4 Hits between 1954 and 1958.  [source : 45rpmrecords.com]

• My Friend  '54
• Rock Around The Clock '55
• The House Of Blue Lights '55
• A Rose And A Baby Ruth '56
• Party Doll '57
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry  '57
• Jo Ann '57
• Billy '58

Short Fat Fannie

Chuck Lovett

with Herbie Layne's Orchestra

Short Fat Fannie

Gateway Parade of Hits 1220

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1957

Rather good cover of Larry Williams, New Orleans burglar and pimp turned artist.  I can't find any other recordings by Chuck Lovett  (a pseudonym?)

Tired of slippin' and slidin' with a long tall Sally
Peekin' and a hidin', duckin' back in the alley
Don't wanna rip it up, don't wanna dance with Annie
I've got a brand new lover name is Short Fat Fannie

One day while I was visit'n at HeartBreak Hotel
That's where I met Fannie and she sure looked swell
I told her that I loved her I'd never leave
She put her arms around me, gave me fever

She's my tutti fruiti, I love the child so
She watch me like a hound dog everywhere I go
Whenever I'm around her I'm on my p's and q's
She might step on my blue suede shoes

Well at a honky tonk party just the other night
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight
'Cause I was dancin' with MaryLou
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue

Short Fat Fannie she's my hearts desire
Short Fat Fannie sets my soul on fire
On Monday we were married on Blueberry Hill
Now we're so happy and I love her still

...

She's my tutti fruiti and I love the child so
She watch me like a hound dog everywhere I go
Whenever I'm around her I'm on my p's and q's
She might step on my blue suede shoes

Well at a honky tonk party just the other night
Fannie got jealous and she started a fight
'Cause I was dancin' with MaryLou
I had to call Jim Dandy to the rescue

Short Fat Fannie is my hearts desire
Got the kind of lovin' sets my soul on fire
Short Fat Fannie well I love her so
I'll never let Short Fat Fannie go