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It is indeed "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham. Hiway beats Bullwinkle by one minute! Oooh!! A photo finish. Maybe Sports Illustrated should be covering this! I know what you mean about the opening line. For a long time I thought it was "Maddy po plappy...amunna tang ee tall"

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Seizing the initiative here...

I've got a song, ain't got no melody...

George

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Perhaps one of the most covered songs IMO. Every podunk band does it.<br><br>

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"Puttin' On the Ritz"?

George

Gret guess but no...think Mel Torme. Here's the bridge:

"You can tell all my pets,

All my blondes and brunettes,

Mr. Otis regrets that

He won't be around."

"You can tell the mailman

Not to call.

I won't be at home

Until the Fall and

I may not be back home at all...."

I won't belabor this much longer. If someone doesn't guess I'll reveal the answer.

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Okay, I'm a little embarrassed here. The song is "Lulu's Back in Town". Mel Torme did just an awesome version of this song a few years ago but You Tube must have pulled it. It's an old song that's been done by a few jazz crooners and it dates back to 1935. So as you can imagine, the earlier versions were a bit "tinny". The Mills Brothers also did it and as you might imagine, Lulu did it in the 60's for obvious reasons. I picked a version by Fats Waller which is nice. But the reason I was excited about this song was because of Mel Torme's version which I cannot provide for you now. Sorry.

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I found it on lala.com which is a new site to me and I'm having a ball in there.

It's a free registration and then you can buy mp3's or just listen. I first found Fats Waller's version which was great, then I listened to Oscar Peterson's piano with no vocals and that was sweet.

Today I went back and searched for Mel Torme's version, which I have to agree with you - was my personal favorite too. (And not 'cause my first name is in it a couple times, either - lol.)

http://www.lala.com/#search/Mel%20Torme%20Lulu's%20Back%20in%20Town

What a fun song!

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I found it on lala.com which is a new site to me and I'm having a ball in there.

It's a free registration and then you can buy mp3's or just listen. I first found Fats Waller's version which was great, then I listened to Oscar Peterson's piano with no vocals and that was sweet.

Today I went back and searched for Mel Torme's version, which I have to agree with you - was my personal favorite too. (And not 'cause my first name is in it a couple times, either - lol.)

http://www.lala.com/#search/Mel%20Torme%20Lulu's%20Back%20in%20Town

What a fun song!

Thank you for passing that information along! I very much enjoyed listening to Torme's version. A while back I came across a version on You Tube that he did with his son. His son wasn't bad either and they really "cooked" on this song. Thanks again!

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