Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Jolly Green Giant

I think everyone believes the American band The Kingsmen were a one-hit wonder with their #1 smash "Louie Louie" in 1963.  But the Kingsmen were frequent visitors to the charts in the 60's,  In all, the Kingsmen released 20 singles from '63 to '73, and half of them charted.  However, they only hit the top ten once more... in 1965 when the song "Jolly Green Giant" hit #4 on Billboard, #8 on Cashbox.  Purely a novelty song, it was even written using a commercial character as it's theme.  A true forgotten oldie, it's still fun to listen to occasionally.