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Spike Jones and his City Slickers recorded a musical parody that uses themes from Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture along with sound effects and humorous horse race calls performed by Doodles Weaver in the style of the famous announcer Clem McCarthy. Jones released his version as a single in 1948 and it peaked at #6 on the charts. [1]
Lindley Armstrong " Spike " Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) [ 1] was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals.
The William Tell Overture is the overture to the opera William Tell (original French title Guillaume Tell ), whose music was composed by Gioachino Rossini. William Tell premiered in 1829 and was the last of Rossini's 39 operas, after which he went into semi-retirement (he continued to compose cantatas, sacred music and secular vocal music).
Weaver toured the country with the Spike Jones Music Depreciation Revue until 1951. The radio programs were often broadcast from cities where the Revue was staged. [13] One of Weaver's most popular recordings is the Spike Jones parody of Rossini's "William Tell Overture".
I think since the Feetlebaum releases predates the death of Spike Jones and as mentioned Doodles Weaver also seems to confirm the name when he released an album in 1974 titled Feetlebaum Returns! with side 1, track 1 being titled "The Great Horse Race - "Feetlebaum". Grimm13 17:50, 15 August 2023 (UTC) Reply
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