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LooseChanjNov 19, 2004, 7:49 AM ET

That would be Yackety Sax, which was used for the Benny Hill show's theme.

Howard ShubsNov 19, 2004, 10:15 PM ET↩ LooseChanj

In article , LooseChanj wrote:

Yeah, but not a very good performance of it. <sigh>

Willie WestwoodNov 20, 2004, 3:14 AM ET↩ Howard Shubs

"Howard Shubs" wrote in message news:[email]...

They'd have had to pay royalties if they had done a faithful performance of it.

Howard ShubsNov 20, 2004, 9:29 AM ET↩ Willie Westwood

In article , "Willie Westwood" wrote:

Well, BUMMER! I get out my itty bitty violin for them.

Willie WestwoodNov 20, 2004, 12:58 PM ET↩ Howard Shubs

"Howard Shubs" wrote in message news:[email]...

Go right ahead, see if they care.

jmhNov 20, 2004, 4:58 PM ET↩ Willie Westwood

In article , [email] says...

The quality of the recording makes no difference on the royalty... If they use it, they pay for it.

ZZNov 20, 2004, 9:13 AM ET↩ LooseChanj

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:49:00 GMT, LooseChanj wrote:

And one of the best reditions of "Yackety Sax" was done by the tenor sax player Boots Randolph. For a sample, go to http://tinyurl.com/6262m or the original URL at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000026LJ/qid=1100959589/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-1125538-1412905

Scroll down to the song titles and listen.

Howard ShubsNov 20, 2004, 9:31 AM ET↩ ZZ

In article , ZZ wrote:

Having now checked out that sample, I wonder if the song can't be played "live". It might require a speed-up effect to get right.

jmhNov 20, 2004, 4:57 PM ET↩ Howard Shubs

In article , [email] says...

Nah, talented players can do it no problem.

jjNov 21, 2004, 5:13 PM ET↩ ZZ

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:13:56 -0800, ZZ wrote:

Sure hope so. He wrote it. (Correct spelling: "Yakety.")

Howard ShubsNov 21, 2004, 11:48 PM ET↩ jj

In article , [email] wrote:

Not what I heard. I understood that Benny Hill wrote it. Not so?

jjNov 22, 2004, 4:36 AM ET↩ Howard Shubs

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:48:42 -0500, Howard Shubs wrote:

Boots Randolph co-wrote the song with James Rich, and first recorded it in 1960 (though it didn't achieve hit status til 1963). http://www.bootsrandolph.com/ Randolph was inspired to write the song after hearing The Coasters' 1958 mega-hit, "Yakety Yak," featuring the yakety sax playing of the legendary King Curtis. http://www.tsimon.com/curtis.htm

Rich was a Nashville guitar player who frequently wrote for Chet Atkins. His guitar version of the song was known as "Yakety Axe," and was a hit for Atkins in 1965. http://snipurl.com/at2f

The Benny Hill Show, was in fact a compilation series of 111 half-hour episodes, composed of sketches and numbers drawn from his British ITV series produced over a 20 year period from 1969 to 1989, and syndicated on American television from 1979 onwards. http://snipurl.com/at2g I don't know when Hill first started using "Yakety Sax," but clearly he got it from Randolph. The soonest he could have used it was almost a full decade after it was originally written and released.

LooseChanjNov 22, 2004, 6:06 PM ET↩ jj

On or about Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:13:58 GMT, [email] made the sensational claim that:

I don't know, please see "You Really Got Me", which I've heard the Kinks introduce as a Van Halen song.

jjNov 24, 2004, 2:06 AM ET↩ LooseChanj

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:06:18 GMT, LooseChanj wrote:

Heheheheh...I love Ray Davies. Especially when he makes fun of himself and other rock stars.

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born on January 26, 1955, which would have made him all of 11 years old when the Kinks topped the charts with You Really Got Me. 1964 was also 14 years before Van Halen's first release.

http://songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=61 "A cover of this was the first single for Van Halen in 1978. Eddie Van Halen would spend the next several years developing new guitar riffs, and like Davies, was known to manipulate his equipment to get just the right sound."

I wonder if Van Halen ever introduces "Jump" as a Kinks tune. :)

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