I may have it; let me check…someone sent me a bunch of Bob Rivers stuffs a while ago.
On Dec 25, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Don't know which CD that is but it sounds like Bob Rivers, who did many
> Christmas parodies including one called Flu Ride instead of Sleigh ride.
> The lyrics are funny but even better is the spot-on Karen Carpenter
> impression.
> Lou Kolb
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> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 12:46 PM
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>
>> Yep, he saved Liberty Records from bankruptcy with the Witch Doctor which
>> was number 1 for three weeks in the summer, and then that hoola-hoop song
>> which was number 1 for four weeks. I think it got released December 7th
>> and
>> sold four million copies by Christmas.
>>
>> By the way, does anybody have that Christmas Humor CD from 2003 that is no
>> longer in print? It has songs on it like an Elvis Presley immitator doing
>> Return to Santa. If anybodey does, let me know; I can't find that album
>> since it is out of print.
>>
>> Steve, K8SP
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>> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>
>>> Indeed, John. In fact, David Seville did all the chipmunk voices. They
>>> are
>>> exactly doubled, as I discovered when I slowed my old talking book
>>> machine
>>> down to 16 and 2 thirds rpm with a chipmunks album on it. Dave's
>>> speaking
>>> voice was nearly impossible to understand but he sang Simon, Theodore and
>>> Alvin in perfect 3-part harmony. At 16, It was easy to tell it was him
>>> doing the singing. He got a lot of milage out of that chipmunk idea.
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>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>>
>>>> Wasn't the way that whole thing was started when Dave sped up his own
>>>> voice
>>>> for a song he did in the 50's?
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 9:31 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: VGS-1 Speaking Rate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Good way of putting it, Howard.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still remember when I was a kid, and one day, I played a Chipmunks
>>>>> Christmas song from a 45 RPM record at 33 RPM, and suddenly figured out
>>>>> that
>>>>> the Chipmunks were really men whose voices were just sped up to play
>>>>> the
>>>>> part.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know how many kids I told that to, after it was discovered, but
>>>>> to
>>>>> this day, I sometimes feel a bit guilty about how many children's
>>>>> ilusions
>>>>> I
>>>>> shattered. (smile)
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
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>>>>> Subject: Re: VGS-1 Speaking Rate
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes it is. Silly engineers.
>>>>> Its like an old record player. Remember playing the 33's on 45, or say
>>>>> even
>>>>> earlier, the 45's on 78?
>>>>>
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