Whats the last song you listened to today??

[Wolfman]

I have both of those on a '70s radio hits compilation.

Is that the one that is supposed to be the first RAP song?

That's a good one. I'll have to check out some of those other titles. THANKS! 

You're pulling my leg about The Rapper, right?

JP

[Wolfman]

Dancing in the Moonlight  - King Harvest

JP

[Hepcat]

One of my favourites:

Lies - Knickerbockers

[Mike Scott]

You're pulling my leg about The Rapper, right?

No, but I was wrong. Apparently, the first commercial RAP single was Sugarhill Gang's "Rappers Delight" (1979).

[Hepcat]

The bird is the word!

Surfin' Bird - Trashmen

[Mike Scott]

The bird is the word!

So I've heard!

https://youtu.be/2WNrx2jq184?t=27

[Hepcat]

Evidently the song ripped off a radio commercial jingle from back in the thirties:

Thunderbird - Casual-Aires

[Mike Scott]

Evidently the song ripped off a radio commercial jingle from back in the thirties:

Sounds more like the song "Tequila", to me.

[Hepcat]

It wasn't the melody the Trashmen borrowed; it was the ""Bird is the word" line. Surfin' Bird is actually a nudge-nudge, wink-wink homage to Thunderbird:

[Mike Scott]

Thunderbird

https://youtu.be/ytZrzwfJn1g

[skully]

Some real oldies,  "Lipstick on your collar" by Connie Francis, "The Happy Organ" by Baby Cortez.

[Wolfman]

No, but I was wrong. Apparently, the first commercial RAP single was Sugarhill Gang's "Rappers Delight" (1979).

Wow, I didn't know (C)rap went back that far. Learn something new every day.

JP

[Hepcat]

From Africa or California or one of those places:

Land of 1000 Dances - Cannibal & the Headhunters

[Mike Scott]

Some real oldies,  "Lipstick on your collar" by Connie Francis, "The Happy Organ" by Baby Cortez.

Doesn't really fit with the '60s garage style I was looking for, though.

[Mike Scott]

From Africa or California or one of those places:

What the hell are those backup dancers doing!?

https://youtu.be/VZFzKZyyQK0?t=18