5/21/2023 0 Comments Ollie oop song![]() ![]() One guy said, “Hey, could you scream into a garbage can for us?” and said, “Yeah, I can do that.” When they say,“look at that caveman go!” he into a garbage can! He said, “Hey, I’m going to be doing a session, such and such. I played the song for Gary, and he really liked it. This is not something that’s thought out or anything. It’s so hip, it’s mod, and (the song) just goes across the planet.ĭF: And it was just thrown together, Bart. I listened to it again last night for the first time in a while. ĭF: See, Argyle Street was right there close to the studio where we cut it. They kind of put a group together, that’s not really a group, in the studio – named Hollywood Argyles. So, there’s some studio guys-the singer (is) Gary Paxton, who’s (also) a producer and musician. As a matter of fact, I signed with Capitol Records when I was 14, and I wrote some of the material that I recorded. Then, I worked singing on television in Los Angeles from ’54-’58 with Cliffie Stone’s “Hometown Jamboree.” So, I’m in the business. Were you even connected to the music industry then?ĭF: Yes, I started with Ferlin Husky when I was 12 years old. I wrote that song that day before I got through with my shift at the cotton gin. It wasn’t immediately intentional, but it started coming together. Before I know what’s going on, I’m kind of putting something together. I start just kind of riffing with an “Oop-oop” like that. I get to thinking about the cartoon character (Alley Oop). ![]() I was running this big suction pipe called “the suck.” I usually work better when I’m busy, so I’m working away. I’m in this big, huge cotton trailer that’s full of cotton. He’s the boss there, and he gave me a job working at the gin. Cotton was one of the biggest farm industries in the San Joaquin Valley at one time, back in the '50s and '60s. I didn’t realize they had cotton in California (laughs).ĭF: Well, a lot of people didn’t (realize that). Were you just watching the cartoon one day? Did you write it in 1960?ĭF: Yes, I was [inspired by the comic strip). I wrote the song a year-and-a-half before it was cut. You’re in California at the time, before you moved to Nashville. Let’s start with: you’re inspired by the cartoon, (“Alley Oop,") I’m assuming. There are so many things I want to talk about (regarding this song). ![]() Watch Video: Story Behind the Song - 'Alley Oop' ![]()
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